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S&G: CLC Shearwater 17 Build
By:Gero
Date: 9/15/2014, 10:17 pm

I started working on my first Stitch & Glue kayak on Friday - a CLC Shearwater 17. I ordered the kit middle of August and picked it up Friday morning. I wasted no time and spent Friday evening beveling and glueing the hull pieces to length. I before glueing, I matched the pieces and then numbered the joints. I used my trusty old Stanley low angle block plane for the beveling. By holding it at an angle to the wood, I was able to easily bevel both the concave and convex curves.

I realized that this will be an interesting build since I'm working on an 17' kayak in a garage that's 18' deep. This will be fun.

On Saturday, I worked on stitching together the hull sections, so I could set those aside and begin gluing up the deck sections.

On Sunday, I beveled the shear strips and deck sections, stitched those together (along with the deck forms) and then stitched the deck to the hull. Nice to see the boat taking shape.

This weekend, I'll try to tack the hull and deck, respectively, and wire them back together before embarking on the filleting and glassing of the hull next weekend.

Comments and suggestions along the way are always welcome. I plan to make brackets for internal shock cords for the hatches, as well as pieces from hardwood scraps in my wood shop - cherry, bubinga, rosewood or maple - through which I will thread the deck bungies. Can't see myself drilling holes in the deck for webbing...

Gero

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S&G: CLC Shearwater 17 Build
Gero -- 9/15/2014, 10:17 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/15/2014, 10:26 pm
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Gero -- 9/15/2014, 10:31 pm
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John Messinger -- 9/16/2014, 8:04 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/17/2014, 1:22 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 9/17/2014, 3:37 pm
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Gero -- 9/17/2014, 10:42 pm
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Niven Paine -- 9/18/2014, 2:01 am
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Gero -- 9/17/2014, 10:40 pm
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Gero -- 9/19/2014, 12:00 am
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Gero -- 9/19/2014, 12:02 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/20/2014, 12:24 am
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george jung -- 9/20/2014, 12:04 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/20/2014, 12:30 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/21/2014, 12:40 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/22/2014, 11:31 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/24/2014, 1:02 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/25/2014, 12:43 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2014, 9:08 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/25/2014, 9:19 am
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Bill Hamm -- 9/25/2014, 5:56 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/25/2014, 11:36 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/26/2014, 4:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 9/27/2014, 6:37 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/27/2014, 8:18 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 9/29/2014, 11:33 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/1/2014, 11:04 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/5/2014, 5:59 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/7/2014, 11:17 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/8/2014, 4:49 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/8/2014, 5:54 pm
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Yoshi -- 10/8/2014, 10:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/9/2014, 12:50 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/10/2014, 4:21 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2014, 9:00 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/11/2014, 6:11 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/14/2014, 11:44 pm
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/26/2014, 10:35 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/27/2014, 12:29 am
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Gero Verheyen -- 10/27/2014, 7:39 am