: This is the tradeoff, get the boat done and go paddling or make it
: as close to perfect as possible and spend a lot of time doing
: it.
: If you cut the hatch hole and butter up the edges with some
: thickened epoxy you can get hatches done in a day or so. If you
: want to seal every edge in the best way possible, it may take a
: week to get the hatches done given epoxy cure times and sanding
: and fill coats and more sanding and fixing bubbles and ...
i set out to make this kyak as "close to perfect as possible" and enjoyed every imperfection I encountered. My first strip build is a lot harder than I thought it would be but it turns out I enjoy building as much, if not more, than paddling. Well into my second year on this build, I might just go ahead and glass the edges. Patricias' "shrink wrap" method might just cure the thickness problem I was expecting. Thanks for all the input. without this forum I'd still be looking at a pile of strips.
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Rick Jensen -- 8/7/2011, 11:21 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/7/2011, 2:13 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Rick Jensen -- 8/7/2011, 2:44 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Patricia F. Moodie -- 8/7/2011, 4:54 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Bill Hamm -- 8/8/2011, 4:25 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/7/2011, 5:21 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
george jung -- 8/7/2011, 6:23 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Kurt Maurer -- 8/7/2011, 7:00 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Etiennemuller Muller Ireland -- 8/8/2011, 4:27 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Jay Babina -- 8/8/2011, 9:25 am - Re: Strip: Hatch edges
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Patricia F. Moodie -- 8/8/2011, 1:38 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Bill Hamm -- 8/9/2011, 2:06 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Patricia F. Moodie -- 8/9/2011, 7:49 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Bob Beaullieu -- 8/9/2011, 9:23 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 8/9/2011, 9:41 am- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Jim Schaffer -- 8/9/2011, 6:05 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Bill Hamm -- 8/9/2011, 9:23 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Jim Schaffer -- 8/9/2011, 9:27 pm
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george jung -- 8/9/2011, 10:43 pm- Re: Strip: Hatch edges
Rick Jensen -- 8/10/2011, 8:30 pm - Re: Strip: Hatch edges
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Glen Smith -- 8/10/2011, 8:46 pm - Re: Strip: Hatch edges
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