Joining the Deck & Hull of a Kayak

The deck-hull joint of the kayak is reinforced with fabric tape saturated in epoxy resin. The tape is rolled out on the inside seam using a brush on a stick. In this case I am using a Kevlar tape for the seam but fiberglass may be done the same way.
For more Information about this technique visit www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guill...
This series of videos shows the steps of building a wooden kayak using the "strip-planked" or "strip-built" method. This particular boat is a double paddle canoe design called the microBootlegger by Guillemot Kayaks. More information about the boat is available at www.guillemot-kayaks.com . Further information about the building techniques shown in these videos is available in the book "Building Strip-Planked Boats": building-strip-planked-boats.com/ For more videos in this series please visit: www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guill...

[@saltysnoopy]

I built my kayak from Nicks book about 12 years ago. I cove & beaded all my boards. This allowed for easier alienment of the halves. I joined the two halves in the same process as glassing the lower half; I left a 2 inch overhang which, after banding the halves together I layed the overhang onto the upper half. You have to have everthing right at hand and work quickly. After that cure I glassed the bottom half overlaping on to the top 2 inches. I think this was easier than taping.

[@NickSchade]

@icthruu4evr It isn't veneer, it is solid wood that has been covered with fiberglass and carbon fiber

[@frankrussell2290]

Very fiddly. More room inside than the RC yachts I normally build. Wouldn't it be easier to glue and glass a 40mm wide overlap strip to the deck or bottom and simply glue the two halves together?

[@NickSchade]

@icthruu4evr Its wood. All ways the best way to get something to look like wood.

[@bobbobmarley27]

nice bud

[@hellsbaby127]

Why not try a small laminating roller or similar to wrap the joining tape around it will roll out much easier than using the brush, also You really need to use at least 2" tapes for a joining strip as there appears to be only half inch either side here?

[@e2U]

is there a way to get glass to stick to a polyethylene kayak: a single exterior layer for color?

[@Simonfulify]

Polyethylene is very bad properties for bonding with paint/glue/resins. This is because its surface tension. It is possible to chance the surface tension by a process Called "Corona treatment"

[@morriswil32]

no bulkheads?