A little more on the Freedom

[LEE SCHNEIDERMANN]

I was actually thinking of rounding off the peaked deck and "stripping"(gasp, sputter, gasp) my deck. Has anyone tried one?

Lee the "hairytick"

[Oldsparkey]

I made a stripper pirogue from red wood but it only has a couple of 8 inch decks on it and they were easy to do. A full deck would take a little more time but could be done.

I was thinking of the same thing and mentioned it to Matt on the Freedom. All a person would need are several more stations on the inside of the hull to support the strips as they are assembled.
Compleat the hull , glass , everything , then fasten them to the hull with hot glue , a little not a lot so they could be removed when the deck is done.
Actually you would build the deck on the boat , then remove the deck , remove the stations and place the deck back on the boat.

The easy way to explain it is with pictures , like the way Chesapeake Light Craft does there Shearwater hybred kayak.

http://www.clcboats.com/gallery/page-sh ... show&id=17
At the bottom of that page click on RETURN TO MAIN GALLERY and go to the shop notes on the upper right side , there are 8 pages of how to do it.

For a angled deck , put the strips together in a flat panel (the same as using a piece of plywood) , mark it according to the directions , then cut the deck out and put the two sections together.

Chuck.
PS. All of this is in the thinking stage at this time. Remember , we are dealing with wood and wood can be used to build anything the way we want it. That is one of the beauties of it.

[tx river rat]

Feller
I got to fess up here The wood on the deck is laun as is the rest of the boat. I hollered for help few days ago on trying to get a good line when I put on top deck.
Try hard as I could when I made a seam on the hull I would get white on both sides in places even hand sanding
I couldn't understand how ya'll were doing it tried everything
here is pic showing what I am talking about

I finally was at wits end and was looking at a piece of scrap plywood where it had been scratched as I examined it decided to sand it and see what it looked like as I played with it figured out I wasn't sanding into another ply.
They had rolled stain or some kind of finish on to make it look like it was one solid piece on one side sort of like a film look in the next pic you can see where it soaked into the grain.

another pic this is the scrap where I cut out the cockpit

I sanded the scrap out liked what I saw went to sanding on decks with a lump in my throat.
So we do get lucky sometimes and as this is my first build I am very happy with the yak
Ron

[LEE SCHNEIDERMANN]

Take heart! The " grain " you sanded off is litterally 1/64th" thick. That's the going rate on finishes for box store plywood facing. If the Chineese ships producing this stuff could figure a way to make it thinner, they would.
I can buy "door skins" from my supplier that are thinner than thier paper backing. Then you could get into foil backing, and that's a whole different animal all together.
Take a breath and remember where we all want to be with this boat-building gig.... ON THE WATER!!!
The work of art you've managed to produce is a BONUS!!!
The real thrill is the time spent with a loved one building and or using the confounded mass of splinters!!
You've got my vote!


Lee the "Hairytick"