Remember that kayak we were building? Well, given that the summer is just about over, we decided maybe we had better do some work on it. Actually, the summer has been so wet and cool there really hasn't been much opportunity for epoxy to set. W has done most of the work, putting the cowling around the cockpits and cutting and gluing supports around the hatches - requiring the use of many clamps.
And he has sanded the bottom and one side, which did not take as much time as we had feared.
There is a bit more epoxying to do and we still hope to do that soon. And W will try to finish the sanding too. After reading the instructions on the marine varnish (of which we need 5 coats with wet sanding in between) and learning that it should not be applied when it is humid - yeah, right - we decided we will take the boat to NJ to do that part, probably next spring. Maybe we will have a spectacular fall with crystal blue skies and low humidity which would cause us to rethink that decision, but given the weather up until now, that seems highly unlikely. Besides, if the weather were like that, I would want to be paddling every day.
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