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The journey ...

This web documentary records the process of designing and constructing a sea kayak using the wood strip method.



The design process and the selection of locally sourced materials has been informed by the intention of making a vessel that will possess a strong sense of place. It is intended that this kayak will engage meaningfully and harmoniously with the land and seascapes of Australia's east coast.



The principle materials of construction are Australian Red Cedar, Huon Pine, Spotted Gum, Humpback Whale bone, Sydney Turban shell, carbon fibre, kevlar and two pack resin.





The images and text below trace the journey ...











Sunday, January 23, 2011

Episode 35 - The end of stripping.

Into the final straight with the finger-staining epoxy ...

Strip by strip, the bevilled wood strips are epoxied into place along the deck.

Bill having a morning cuppa.

The hull and its partially stripped deck.


Tony lending a hand with the refining of the storm paddle.
(Lucian providing his opinion of the noise.)

Sanding the whale bone plugs flush with the paddle blade.

At long last the deck is all stripped, epoxied and coarse-sanded. Yee-haa!

Time to fill about 300 nail holes.

Looking a little like a body painted up for a cooroboree.

The next step is to finely sand the deck's surface and then lay it up with fibreglass and resin.