Chuckanut 12 - More sailing

Chuckanut 12 - First time on water under sail

Ready for take off!

Looks promising! But test interrupted after 10 minutes due to problems with the sail. 

I will post some more pictures when back on water.

Chuckanut 12 -Dry test

Finally ready for the sea!

Chuckanut 12 - First time in water

Chuckanut 12 - the finished kayak

Rubrails and cockpit coaming have been varnished and installed. The major part of my sailing canoe project is now completed. 

Building a Chuckanut 12 - Skinning

A couple of weeks ago I skinned the hull with 8 oz polyester weave from Dyson. Yeasterday it was time for the next step: Skinning the deck.

 Foam floating support installed in the bow (and stern)

Skinning started using stainless steel staples. I also tested a new fabric with lower density, sold as "Polyester tent canvas". I learned the hard way that this fabric didn't heat shrink. I managed to get it tight, but not "drum tight". Anyway, I decided to go with it and learned a lesson.

Fabric trimmed and deck and hull coated with the firts two layers of paint. I am using a water based acrylic paint (Nordsjö One Super Tech). Very nice to work with.
The colour is classic gray with a touch of blue. It will look great a sunny day on the water.

Building a Chuckanut 12 - work in progress

I am slowly making progress with my project building a Chuckanut 12, a skin-on-frame kayak, based on the plans from Dave Gentry. It is a cute little boat, maybe not really my type of kayak, but my intention is primary to use her for sailing. Modifications needed for sailing and sailing rig details are based on notes kindly provided by Dave.

I have finalised most of the woodwork and the next step is to have her skinned. Below are some pics from my work:

Stem plate

Leeboard backing plate

Mast support

Frame ready to be painted

Painted frame

Leeboard 

Sea Rider - Summer 2019

A few more pics from the water.

Sea Rider - first test (6th April 2019)

Finally the ice melted and I was able to give my new kayak a test.

She is well-balanced, very responsive and a little more lively than I am used to. Overall, I am very satisfied with my first impression. I also realize that I need to get a backrest.

Sea Rider SOF Kayak

During 2018/2019 I finalised the building of a Yost See Rider skin-on-frame kayak.

Some facts:
Design from Tom Yost (http://yostwerks.org), beam increased to 51,5 cm
Frames made of birch plywood, 12 mm
Coaming made of ash, size 67 x 40 cm
Frame covered with polyester 8 ounce skin (from Dyson)
Skin coated with water based acrylic house paint (Nordsjö One)

The final kayak. Pictures taken a gray and rainy day in March.

Jotunheimen och Glittertind, 11 - 13 juli 2018

Tillbaka till Jotunheimen ett år senare. Norge gav mersmak. Ny konstellation, betydligt varmare och bekvämare boende. Och ännu en topp på listan!