Glassing the Coaming Riser

The outside of the cockpit coaming riser gets two layers of fiberglass. The first layer is bigger than the second. The glass is cut into bias tape on a diagonal to the roll so the cloth conforms to the sharp angle and curves.

For more Information about this technique visit http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog/nick/fiberglassing_exterior_co...

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 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com . Further information about the building techniques shown in these videos is available in the book "Building Strip-Planked Boats": http://building-strip-planked-boats.com/ For more videos in this series please visit: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guillemot/blog

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• kayak
• building
• wooden
• boat
• strip-plank
• coaming
• cockpit
• bias
• tape
• fiberglass
• epoxy