2010 GUILLEMOT

This was my first strip kayak, a Guillemot Kayaks Guillemot.

This one will be for my Marine Scientist daughter, so I'll be incorporating an appropriate deck inlay from CLC, an Orca.

https://guillemot-kayaks.com/catalog/strip-built/sea-kayak-solo/guillemot

Forms mounted, strongback lifted out of the way for strip fabrication.	Strips made from pine mostly, with some (too expensive) RWC for accents. I got a good deal on some fairly clear grain pine boards at $0.75 a board foot. Still looking for white cedar for the next boat.
I re-did the end-forms in plywood. I wasn't happy with the press-board's strength. I added internal stems from maple.	Got a lot of strips done this weekend. I had worried about the complexities of this, but once started, it becomes a pleasure to do. Fitting filler pieces wasn't as hard as I'd thought either.



Deck stripped, cockpit cut, recess inlays started	Everyone's a critic. This is Keji. she was a great cat, and lived to 19.
Foot Braces from Nick's book. Maple bases, 1/2 plywood

	Coaming risers done. Glassed and cut to height. Hatches cut out. That is a nerve racking process.
	Opening is cut out with jigsaw with Bosch T101/A0 blade (One Ocean Kayak recomendation for accurate work). It turns out my Dewalt jigsaw cuts exactly 1 1/2 inches from the foot edge to the blade center. This is the dimension I wanted in the end, so I just tilted the back of the saw up so the front corner of the foot followed the inside edge of the hatch opening.
I'm using 3/4 by 1/8 epoxy coated rare earth magnets. I used four per side, spaced at 3 1/2, 7, 10 1/2 and 14 on the long axis from the top of the wide end of the hatch. I have 3/16 gasket material, so the holes are 3/4 in from the edge. I made a bristol-board template with 1/16 pilot holes for layout, then a 3/4 forstner drill bit to make the resess holes. The lip edges are rounded over, the magnets are epoxied in.
First paddler. This guy is now 19 and serves with me as a firefighter.