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Re: First kayak I built picture
By:Bobby Curtis
Date: 11/10/1998, 10:24 pm
In Response To: Re: First kayak I built picture (Mike Scarborough)

Any chance to see a picture of the hatch? Also did you do the same for both a front and rear hatch? I didn't recess my rear hatch as the rear deck is flat and I couldn't come up with a cleaver way to drain the water in the recess.

> To put the VCP hatches in my Patuxent I made what amounted to a flat
> bottom bowl by stacking rings of plywood. I smoothed off the stepped edges
> with a surform tool. The VCP hatch sits on the flat bottom. The top of the
> bowl is curved to match the curve of the deck. The gap-filling properties
> of epoxy are really good.

Messages In This Thread

First kayak I built picture
Bobby Curtis -- 11/8/1998, 5:53 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Frank -- 11/10/1998, 3:37 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Bobby Curtis -- 11/10/1998, 9:55 pm
Nice site hopefully mine will be as nice :)
Brian T. Cunningham -- 11/9/1998, 11:42 am
Re: Nice site hopefully mine will be as nice :)
Bobby Curtis -- 11/9/1998, 11:12 pm
Re: What Site?
Mark Kanzler -- 11/9/1998, 2:03 pm
I agree; good site!
Ross Leidy -- 11/9/1998, 11:23 am
Re: I agree; good site!
Bobby Curtis -- 11/9/1998, 11:19 pm
Nice site
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 11/9/1998, 10:34 am
Re: Nice site
Bobby Curtis -- 11/9/1998, 11:26 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Mike Scarborough -- 11/8/1998, 6:19 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Bobby Curtis -- 11/9/1998, 11:30 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Mike Scarborough -- 11/10/1998, 12:14 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Bobby Curtis -- 11/10/1998, 10:24 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Bill Burton -- 11/11/1998, 12:35 am
Re: First kayak I built picture
Mike Scarborough -- 11/10/1998, 10:17 pm
Re: First kayak I built picture
Bobby Curtis -- 11/10/1998, 10:15 pm