Made some progress. Drilled holes through the bow and stern for future rope loops to facilitate carrying the boat and securing it on car t...

So, now that hull and deck have met their match, so to speak, my efforts are indeed starting to look like the Night Heron I paddled back las...

My apologies in advance to the casual visitor for a rather wordy blog entry which will most likely be only of interest to other kayak builde...

As I was saying... ...the hatchet job was looming - cutting out the hatches. Oh boy, I was scared of cutting hexagonal hatches - into th...

Following up to fiber-glassing the topside of the the deck, it was time to tend to the underside. The manual suggests doing the underside ...

Enough of sanding! Rug-cutting time! Time to commit! So, roll out the fiberglass over the deck... (you can see through the fiberglass r...

After placing the deck back onto the forms, the dominant boat building task was at hand, so to speak... Now that the planks have been stri...