Pattern Restoration - microBootlegger Sport - E23
Getting back on track with the book match pattern after discovering a mistake.
Watch video on kayak and other small boat building as well as on-the-water small boat trips
Getting back on track with the book match pattern after discovering a mistake.
So, I found a couple strips out of sequence. I had to strip off the strips.
Fitting in the Whiskey strip of the closing strip on the bottom.
Chesapeake Light Craft captured this time lapse video of building the Petrel SG and
I like to do most of the work before gluing the scarf on the shaft together. This just keeps the parts easy to handle while doing the work.
It is amazing how much strength a layer of 2-ounce fiberglass will add to the wood. Between the two and with the cord around the edge the paddle blade can absorb a lot of abuse.
I regularly bounce my paddles off rocks. I want a rugged and durable edge to absorb the abuse. I have found that para-cord saturated in epoxy resin is very tough. While you can't exactly cut down a tree with these paddles, they will handle paddling in rock gardens or doing whitewater.