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Topic: This Section Needs More Mojo - Eddyline C14 - Resurection  (Read 2262 times)

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ex-kayaker

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I bought this boat from headwaters as a project boat.  It was a demo yak that sustained significant damage when a customer didn't tie it down to his rack before driving away.  Angle was in Lodi picking up the green machine (sitting next to mine on the beach).  I bought it sight unseen after Dan gave me a run down of the damage.  I'm glad he extended the offer.....this boat is slick.

It sat in the garage for a few months before I started hacking away it with a knock off fein and various dull razored utility knives.  From there on it was fun with fiber and methylcrylate.....good times.

There were multiple cracks in the stern of the hull.  I wanted it bombproof, so I took it a notch beyond.  Cut a partial chunk off the deck, between the handle and stern to get at the backside of the crack.  Glassed over the inside.  Reinforced the two sidewalls where the deck would hang over the hull.  Drilled a hole at the end of each crack, put a bevel the whole length of the crack to increase the bonding area and filled the cracks from the outside.  Put two plates beneath the area where the deck would have seams.   Used a thickened glass fiber/methylcrylate mixture to fill in all the voids. 









Expert color matching.....


New life.....




Since it was a demo.....it had a sticker on it that said "DEMO"......which earned it the nickname, the demon....,or el demon in espanol.  In the tradition of naming your craft after the fine ladies you encounter as a man of the sea.....I'm gonna keep the demon name as a tribute to my ex.  Unlike her, these yaks are easy to fix and worth keeping around. 

« Last Edit: May 11, 2015, 02:10:27 PM by ex-kayaker »
..........agarcia is just an ex-kayaker


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Wow solid work!!!


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Unlike her, these yaks are easy to fix and worth keeping around.

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Nice work Artsy!
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Bad ass, nice job Art.
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Nice looking yak for an EX-ex-kayaker!  :smt044
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That is sweet indeed. Nice repair and even nicer yak.


 

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