A most peaceful evening was enjoyed in the boatshed while fitting a couple more deck strips at the careful pace of 6.1 lineal metres / hour.
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The lines look a little wonky in the image above. This will be adjusted with some delicate tapping prior to setting with epoxy.
These 4 strips of cedar have been heavily planed along their hidden edges to accommodate the radius of the deck "chine" and are now temporarily held in place by tack nails.
The next steps will be to label the planed strips with numbers, remove them, butter them up with epoxy and then permanently fix them back into place. The shear line of this kayak is the lighter-coloured strip of huon pine, beneath my thumb.
The boatshed is a beautifully atmospheric place to work within.
Chiaroscuro lighting and the pleasant sound of small waves lapping onto the shore outside.
