The Carter Boat Company completes its 1st order!

Miracle of miracles, they do exactly what they are supposed to do when in the water!

The Three kayaks took us the better part of a year and a half. They each had at least 9 coats of epoxy, and 9 coats of varnish, with drying time and sanding between coats. Mine and Deans are 17 footers, and Mary's is a 14 footer. They weigh less than 50 pounds apiece.

Mary's is the slickest and best looking one of them all.

We saved the workbench and holders in case we want to do a strip built in the future. I'm not ready for it right now, and Dean is too busy with his wedding plans.

The Carter Boat Company completes it order!

Lesson 3 of one easy lesson.

Admire it!


Varnish it.


Paint it.

Admire it again, it's done!

This was Dean's 17 footer, and the first of three

OK! So this is lesson 2 of one easy lesson

You lay it out.

Stitch it together.

Glue all the seams.


Sand it, sand it, sand it, sand it some more!

Then, comes the fiberglass!

How to build a Kayak in onr easy lesson

First get a son who is deluded with the sales literature, and believes that this would be a great project, to be easily done in the 80 hours quoted in the sales pitch!

Then order the kit!

Read the instructions.

Build the work bench!

It's been a long time!

Hi again...It's been quite awhile since I've been here to do any thing. Procrastination has always been my long suit!

Much has been going on for the last few years, the Kayaks, cruises, Dean's wedding plans, visits from old friends... I'm going to try to catch up with a series of photos and posts.