Kayak Building
This page started out as a collection of information about building boats. It has since evolved to have an emphasis on building wooden kayaks. If you are interested in how to build a kayak, this is the place to bookmark. There is information here about all different methods of making sea kayaks including: strip-built (or wood strip, cedar strip, etc.); stitch-and-glue (or tack-and-tape); traditional (or skin-on-frame, wood and canvas); and some others. I hope you find what you need. I'm always looking for more information to add. If you are building a boat, keep a journal. It may find a home here.
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Hi,
I have lust completed the hull of my kayak.
Instead of milling off the cove section of the strips to form back to back strips along the keel, I retained the cove and sandwiched a 6mm dowel along the full keel length.
I did find that as the keel nears the stern and bow section , the bottom part of the cove edge had to be planed away to ensure a snug fit,this is at best about 500mm either end.
I found this method to be far easier than having to plane a changing bevel along the lentgh of the two keel strips.
This is my first attempt at building a strip kakay, I am throughly enjoying the challenge.
I have Nick`s book The Strip-Built Sea Kayak. I have the forms in place and ready to put on the shear strips. It did not tell in the book how to put on the shear strips. You have to put them on with something that you can take out. They use a staple gun to hold the strips to gether. But what about the first one?
You staple the shear strip on like any other strip. The staple goes through the strip into the form. i.e. the staples don't hold strips to each other so much as they hold the strips to the forms.
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