| Coaming Construction, Part 3 |
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| Pink building foam is cut to fit around the coaming. |
Coarse grit sandpaper easily shapes the foam. |
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| The foam is held down and covered with strapping tape. The tape extends over the ash riser and acts as a release agent. |
Layers of carbon fiber and fiberglass are stacked and wet out to form the coaming. For more information, refer to the One Ocean Kayaks website and Building Manual. |
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| This is a closeup of the coaming after all the layer have been added. I used a squeegie to remove excess epoxy. |
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| After the epoxy has dried the coaming is removed for trimming of the lip. |
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| The lip has been trimmed with a jigsaw and the coaming epoxied to the riser. The bottom of the coaming will be trimmed after the epoxy sets. |
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| The excess lip under the deck has been trimmed with a jigsaw. A grinder was used to sand the lip even with the deck. A sanding block was used to round over the bottom edge. A layer of bias cut 6 ounce cloth was applied under the deck and around to the inside of the coaming. At this time, I added two patches of fiberglass to the area behind the coaming. The flat deck is not very rigid. This will reinforce the rear of the cockpit for entering and exiting the kayak. |
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