: J.J.: Here's another tip from a newbie builder. I too had used the hang from
: the cockpit method. But what I didn't like was that the yak is in
: perpetual motion. So I tied stabilizing chords off to the side to limit
: movement. But this was a pain in the butt stepping around all these chords

: Then it came to me. A moment of brilliance. A varnish rotissorie. That's
: right a varnish rotissorie. Here's how it works (I should of taken a
: picture!)

: Bolt a 2' piece of a 2x4 to your sawhorse. Drill a 3/8 hole (thru the 2"
: side) 4" from the top for your spinning hole. To this, (using a 3/8
: bolt), connect 3 pieces of 2x4x8 which are screwed together to form a
: "C". Like a 3 sided box. At the open end of the "C",
: drill holes thru the 2x4's which a 10 inch carriage bolt will slide thru
: which your yak will hang from thru the toggle carry holes. Envision this 3
: sided "C" spinning from the upright 2x4. (Rinse and repeat for
: the other end.) And there you have it!!! A varnish rotissorie.

: It didn't spin as freely as I had hoped. There was a lot of torque for my
: Guillemot double to be hanging on by these 2 bolts. But it allowed me
: access to the entire boat, spin it over to do the other side, was very
: stable, and made varnishing a much easier task than the hanging rope
: trick. The post of painting the bottom side to remove dust was RIGHT ON!!!
: Virtually no dust when you varnish on the bottom. Less sanding between
: coats. As Marth Stewart would say, "Thats a good thing."

: Hope this description made sense. Too bad I threw it away just 2 days ago as
: I completed my varnishing. If anyone wants a picture of this, it would
: take 10 minutes to rebuild it for a picture. That's the least I could for
: the hours of advice that I had recieved from all of you at this great BB.

: Install the deck lines and launching of the Guillemot Double Next week.
: Stay tuned!!

: DAVE

Hey Dave,

Your idea makes perfect sense. I had thought of doing something along those lines also, but, hadn't worked out the details yet. Thanks for the layout.

Happy Building.

Charles.