: Hi Bill - just got back from 2 weeks of rain and fog in Cape Breton. Left my
: cat on the car (in the garage) while I was gone. I think mine weighs about
: 45 pounds, but still needs skin and seat - I'm jealous yours is so light.
: But I expect mine to be a long-term test bed so it's overbuilt
: intentionally (well).

: I needed help to get it on and off the car, as it is awkward to handle - I
: think I will wind up putting handles at the balance point of each hull. I
: had to put it back on the car solo so wound up dismantling the 2 hulls -
: only took 10 minutes to take apart the hulls and the bonus is that they
: fit together onto a normal kayak carrier afterwards.

: I start teaching next week, so won't be finished till after Labor Day, I
: reckon. Looking forward to seeing some pics of yours - have you come up
: with a name for it yet?

: Cheers, Carl.

Hi Carl,

Bulkheads are glassed in for the fairings forward and aft of the seating location, also are the ties for the cross beams into the frames. Now have to rip a bunch of spruce for the beams to be laminated up from. Should have them added tomorrow then can start cutting and installing the foam fairings, which are laminated out of 2" styrofoam, cut from building insulation foam. They will be glassed once faired. Had to reshape the seat back, was too tall, have to be able to do a rodeo rescue if I get dumped from this thing so need backrest low enough to straddle. Glad someone here came up with that thought, hadn't given any thought to how one would re-enter if you got dumped. Doing a roll with this thing isn't real likely

Bill H.