8 Installing The Coaming

Gluing the spacers

• Glued first spacer to the deck with Epoxy thickened with Cab-O-Sil
• Glued second spacer onto the first
• Clamps at the side were used to overlay the second spacer directly over the first.

After gluing the Spacers

• I glued them separately in order to avoid the staircase effect you would get if you glued the spacers an rim in a single operation.

Gluing on the rim

• Again I used clamps on the sides to precisely overlay the rim onto the spacers.

The coaming is completed

• At this point, the cutout in the deck is trimmed to fit the coaming.

A last look before finishing begins.

• It is looking more like a real kayak now.

Glassing the rim

• The coaming is covered with 4 oz. fiberglass cloth .

Filling the glass cloth with epoxy

• Two coats of epoxy are applied and then the excess cloth is cut off.

It's beginning to look like a kayak

• I found  the knee braces in the coaming confining, and cut them off with a saber saw.
• I like to sit away from the rear bulkhead, and the knee braces didn't allow that.

Another helper

• A visitor that Benny and Curry didn't see.

Preliminary outfitting the cockpit

• Before finishing I made temporary outfitting to check the fit.
• The coaming knee braces have been removed.
• I  made a minicell foam knee brace like I have done in my other kayak.
• A backband is fastened to the coaming spacers so it contacts the small of my back.

Checking out the appearance

• Taping on some tie downs and deck lines allows me to see what the final outcome will appear like.
• The rear VCP hatch on top of the deck is not as obtrusive as I thought it would be.

1 Scarf and Sheer

5 Hull Glassing

  9 Finishing

2 Hull Wiring

6 Rear Deck

10 Outfitting

3 Inside Fillets

7 Front Deck

11 Launching

4 Outside Fillets

8 Coaming

12 Logbook