The Pigging Canoes & Stupid Idea

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He has decided that the next time he has some microfibres mixed...

Visualising.....

Hmm... He looks right in there somehow.

I think hes out there somewhere already.

 

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Think that paddle wont be quite long enough. Not buying mroe until I have some idea how they will be used though.

Looking at the amount of space in front of him...

They are working their way through how they ar going to use them. Thsi is the first time they have had the chance.

Looking at a 1" polystyrene seat. SOfter, + more buoyancy.

This would change the paddle angle from his shoulders. Going to take it and see what works..

With him higher, the paddle angle has changed. He might need a longer paddle.

 

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My smaller kid may need a different setup. WIll need to look at both.

There is 3 ft clearance in front of his feet..

Little one did the measuring.

He calls it a metre.

At this distance, the hull is 40cm wide..

 

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He said 30cm tall...

Seems I should have checked.

Hes looking at the angles when he kneels..

He seems happy with that.

Need to see what happens when he uses it in anger though.

 

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He says he wants to DO something.

Not sure this was actually what he meant...

Seats still stuck..

He says it needs taping..

Nice when they work out what needs to happen next.

 

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Normally, I wouldnt include this set of pics as its pretty much old hat. But on this set, he did something interesting..

Hes priming the wood..

 

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...both sides...

Glove so he doesnt get covered. Dermititis is a real risk with fibreglass..

Hes cut his tape...

Laying it on the wet resin..

Straightening the edge on the seat - he knows he can pull it around the corners on the side afterwards..

Starting in the middle, to wet it out...

 

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Hes wetting the seat and the side parts in the middle as it is both straight.

Hes wetting out the ends by dabbing rather than stroking it as stroking it would pull it out of the corner on the side..

Hes now stabbigng it into the corner from the other side, making sure not to ruffle it up into a bunch..

He is still pushing it into the corner, after wetting out to the end..

This stops it going diagonally across the corner, rather than round it.

 

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The other side..

Its on..

He is wetting out the bottom and the middle, but the right hand side as you look at it is starting to move up the side..

He hasnt noticed and is wetting out the other end..Im struggling trying not to shout at him..

Hes dabbing it into the corner..

 

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Now hes started on the out of line end..

Dabbing it into the corner..

Hes finally noticed its crooked and is tryi9ng to pull it straight..

Hes working out he cant pull it..

 

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..So...

He just grabs the whole length..

and repositions it..

Hes scraping the resin off his brush..

The tape is already wetted out, so he just needs the brush to push the tape where he needs it..

instead of adding more resin.

Pushing it back into the corners..

 

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Hes got a slight lift on the edge of the seat..

Either the angle grinder wil get it, or if its not a danger, it will get painted.

One cnoe down, one to go..

Other seat..

Wetting..

Tape..

 

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It looks crooked, but then he knows he can fix it if its wrong.

I still cant believe they left the seat at that angle though.

Still... Its his boat not mine.

Hes scrubbing in undercoat with a kitchen pan scourer.

 

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The patches showing throught eh undercoat is wher he has fibreglassed over some holes in the seat.

Hes now undercoating the other boat..

Oooh! The wifes boyfriend arrived and started undercoating the first canoe..

 

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He is getting there...

The base is nearly done..

Biggset just asked why we need to paint it when its marine ply..

Thought about it..

Showed him the frame of TANK, a boat he started building last year.

Its covered in resin and looks the same as when he left it.

This is the edge of another piece of marine ply of the same thickness that wasnt painted that has weathered next to TANK.

He could see the difference that resin made, and he then realised that most of the resin on TANKS hull had deteriorated, making paint a very good Idea if you want it to last more than 12 months.

Happy with that.

 

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One end of a Pigging canoe on the scales..

11kg..

He is undercoating the tape the other fitted as its already set..

Checking the weight of Big Idea, a rucksack full of kit, 2 laminated waterproof bags full of kit, a wetsuit and lifejacket and a waterbottle..

93kg..

 

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Hes discovering that 1 litre of water weighs 1kg..

1 litre is 1,000cc...

Area = length x half the width on a triangle x height..

This is literally where the maths they learn at school is being applied to make it worthwhile learning it..

Making a pattern of the base shape..

Hes started on the sides with the undercoat..

He is gloss painting - the glasses stop the glare..

 

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Cutting out his pattern..

Marking it on a 4 inch thick sheet of polystyrene..

First oen cut plus a gun!

Trying it..

It fits..

Just thump it a bit..

Happy with that. So is he..

 

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Its too bright to actaully see the gloss hes painting in there....

Hes got too hot and is going swimming..

Next wedge...

Its in..

 

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Er...

That looks horrible..

Seems he marked it crooked.

Glossing in the nose..