Building the Redfish, strip built kayak
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boat sheer strip
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forms
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Clamping strips
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hull 14 strips
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clamping
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one side stripped
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marking centerline
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paring off beyond centerline
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last of the hull strips
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laminated stern stem
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bow stem planed
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fairing hull with block plane
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stripped hull2
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Smoothing fiberglass cloth
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applying epoxy to hull
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first coat of epoxy on hull
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first deck strip
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deck strips
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clamping deck strips
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deck fiberglassed 2
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Ruby
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deck & hull taped for fiberglassing
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glassing seam, inside
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doing endpour
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first sanding
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Redfish finished
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ready to launch
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on the beach
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Album Description:
In 2005 I built my first strip-built seakayak. A Redfish Kayak design the "King" constructed of Pacific red cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, basswood and black walnut. The strips are laid and glued along a set of form, first the hull, then the forms are turn
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