Day 2 - September 25, 2008

The picture to the left is a typical piece of the hull. Just over an 1/8" thick. After a trip to Home Depot to pick up more miscellaneous tools, I came home and began work on the final stages of the work bench construction. I installed eye bolds at 4 points along the 4'x20' work bench, then attached a series of pullies and 1/4" rope to the work bench to see if it could lift the work bench up and out of the way. After some temporary relocation of a few bikes hanging from the ceiling, I was albe to raise entire work bench about 8 feet off the ground. Plenty of room to pull in the truck when the weather turns nasty. I then built my third sawhorse to support the work bench. After lowering teh work bench into place, I covered it with 1.5 mil plastic covering to keep the spills contained and prevent any fiberglass from sticking to the bench. We'll see if that works.

The second picture is all the pieces laid out on the work bench. There are two of each piece - so what you see will construct half of the kayak.

The third picture is of the stuff that came in the second box. It contained the fiberglass resin, fiberglass cloth, rigging, seats, footrests, and other tools.

Now with the garage cleaned out (found that my table saw just fits under the bench - more good accidental planning on my part), I was ready to inventory all the parts. Laid the pieces out on the tabe in order of assembly and found all the pieces were there.