The kayak with its 5 hatch covers sitting on deck.
Bewdy - it fits.
With the hatchcovers sitting on their hatches the deck is very flush.
Additional clutter yet to be incorporated includes a 40 year old black rimmed Suunto yacht racing compass, multiple black kevlar deck fittings and a black cord deck line.
A clear fabric sail may be fitted at some time in the future.
Recessed skeg slider mechanism.
The cockpit coaming is carbon fibre.
The retractable skeg popping through the kevlar keel strip.
I had originally intended to install a skeg / rudder system but it proved too bulky inside the compartment. Lawrence's past experience with them was that they were prone to failure so better to simply have a more robust up and down skeg.
The skeg fin should be black, however. Will change that.
The hatch to the most rear compartment provides access to the skeg box.
There's a second larger hatch forward of this which accommodates larger items ~ sleeping bag and tent.
I am yet to fabricate the water seals to the hatch covers and their corrersponding carbon fibre lips.
Stern detail of whale bone and recessed shell.
Momentoes of two special places visited by kayak.
