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Pygmy Borealis deck seams sanded and ready for fiberglassing

I've started writing a "Rogue Supplementary" manual for Pygmy kayak builders. The idea is that it is filled with as many Pygmy kayak building tips as possible. So far it's up to 30 pages! More on this supplementary manual later.

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Tonight I sanded the excess epoxy off of the deck panels and lightly rounded over the seams. There are still a few blotches of epoxy here and there but they will completely disappear under the fiberglass.

Overall I think it looks great! The next step is to fiberglass the deck. We have guests coming into town so it may be a week or so before I can return to it. Stay tuned though!

Custom Pygmy Borealis kayak build

You can see a close-up of the seams below. It looks very clean and should make a really nice, clean line when the fiberglass is put down on top. The little blotches of epoxy will go completely invisible and leave just the beautiful wood and a clean seam line.

You can also start to see the benefit of taping the hull instead of stitching and gluing it. There aren't hundreds of tiny holes! 







Aloha!


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