Category: Boats! (Page 2 of 2)

Mill Creek 16.5, Part 6- Strip Deck

May 29, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

Three hundred and twelve linear feet of Yellow Alaskan Cedar, Walnut and Western Red Cedar in three-quarters-of-an-inch wide planks form the deck. Ninety-six hand-cut bevels where each plank meets the deck edge. The next step will be sanding the underside and glassing it before joining it to the hull.

: Ready for lifting off the hull

: Complete! The culmination of a month

: The last strip is in place

: Ready for fitting

: Two strips to go

: The moment of truth, or did-I-do-something-wrong-and-glued-the deck-to-the-forms-by-accident

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 5- Deck Forms

May 7, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

It’s been a busy spring, with too few snippets of time spaced too far apart. Some progress on the deck though, makes me happy.

: The field of walnut before the next set of pinstripes. Five or so strips to go before the transition to Western Red Cedar to complete the deck.

: The first contrasting walnut strips with the yellow cedar pinstripe installed

: Centerline strips in place front and rear, also Alaskan Yellow Cedar

: First Alaskan Yellow Cedar strips scarfed and stapled to form the deck

: Forms in to shape the deck

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 4- Making Pinstripes

April 15, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

: Host and pinstripe strips sawed and ready for gluing

: Resawing Alaskan Yellow Cedar bead-and-cove into 1/16″ strips. Will be sawing 20 7′ walnut strips in half lengthwise as well then making a delicious wood sandwich

: Glue, clamp, tape to free up clamps, repeat.

: Almost-finished pinstripes ready for sanding. Wish I had a planer.

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 3- Fair and Glass the Hull

April 1, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

Nipping the copper ties (the stitch) and sanding the filets and seams (the glue) in preparation for fiberglassing the hull

Copper nest

Mill Creek Hybrid, part 2- She Floats! (on sawhorses)

March 24, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

The last two weeks have been all about the interior of the boat. Now, with fillets and fiberglass in place, some sanding and 3-ish coats of epoxy it’s time to share the love on the exterior. Next up, a full fiberglassing of the outer hull. Lots of sanding and smoothing to do before that happens.

Copper stitches

Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid, Part 1- It Begins

March 11, 2018 / skern5 / 0 Comments

I’ve been wanting to build a wood core kayak for at least a decade. I’ve clicked through the boat designs at Chesapeake Light Craft on and off for years. After much internal debate I purchased the Millcreek 16.5 Hybrid Tandem Kayak. The “hybrid” part is that the hull is marine plywood but the decking is done with 3/4″ cedar strips arranged in what ever design I feel like I can pull off. Hmmm…

Category: Boats! (Page 2 of 2)

Mill Creek 16.5, Part 6- Strip Deck

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 5- Deck Forms

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 4- Making Pinstripes

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 3- Fair and Glass the Hull

Mill Creek Hybrid, part 2- She Floats! (on sawhorses)

Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid, Part 1- It Begins

This is my bike.

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Mill Creek 16.5, Part 6- Strip Deck

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 5- Deck Forms

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 4- Making Pinstripes

Mill Creek Hybrid, Part 3- Fair and Glass the Hull

Mill Creek Hybrid, part 2- She Floats! (on sawhorses)

Mill Creek 16.5 Hybrid, Part 1- It Begins

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