It is the 13' Laker, instead of plywood I glued up the body panel from strips, I started with spruce for the bottom then changed to cedar for the side panels. this was the first time i have ever done this ,the panels turned out fairly rough, after I started sanding to smooth them I gave up and simple fed them through the planer, they came out nice but ended fairly thin 3/16". I stitched and glued them as per plans and put 6 oz fiberglass on both sides. I took the bulkheads and rounded the top and glued them in. I then used the lines from them to the bow and stern and created temporary forms which are then hot glued in from the shear clamp. I also made some temp. frames out of waste strips which sits on the kayak bottom to support the temp form.
I used cedar which I picked up at home depot, for the last 6 month ,every time I went there I rooted through their cedar lumber to find some good boards.
The 10' premium 4x4 posts yielded some nice lumber.
I live about 20 minutes from niagara falls, but this summer spent most of my time in the wasaga - midland area
Martin
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