Back at Ian's boatshed we spent a day fabricating a kayak stand using the offcuts of Aust red cedar and spotted gum.
The 1:5 model of the kayak and its stand is on the left. The actual kayak is on the right.
And here it is with a lick of tung oil in the Sydney autumn sunshine.
The paddles are supported mid-way up the stand
The kayak stand has four tension connections that allow it to be dis-assembled and transported.
I've used cowrey shells that I found along the mid-north coast as toggles.
The "toes" are of spotted gum.
The "tree nails" are of Tasmanian oak.
The frame is Australian red cedar.
The stand serves as a drying rack for wet gear.
A kayak, two paddles and a kayak stand formed out of two beams of Aust red cedar, a plank of Huon Pine, a few sticks of Spotted Gum, a dowel of Tasmanian oak, two pieces of hump back whale bone and four Cowrey shells.
In the backgound, a young garden of indigeneous east Australians : grevilleas, banksia serrata, banksia ericifolia, banksia seminuda, banksia integrifolia, angophora coststa, callistemons, and a handful of dendrobrium orchids.
