More Yak Building

After the basic shape has been formed, the hull and deck fiberglassed, and everything has been given several coats of the epoxy, it looks like a kayak. Two hatches were cut in the deck which give access to storage space for food, camping supplies and other necessities. Also, the coaming was installed. This is the trim that goes around the opening where you sit inside the kayak. One thing that should be mentioned is that between every coat of epoxy everything has to be sanded which results in many hours of sanding. Because of the toxic epoxy dust this creates, much of this work was done outdoors. It is so nice that the weather cooperated. As you can see, it took a lot of clamps to to fit the flat coaming to fit the curved deck, and the hatch trimming around the openings for the hatches.