Finished with a sister ship

After fiberglassing inside and out, there were several weeks spent cutting out the cockpit and hatch openings, then gluing up the coaming and hatch lips.  Finally it was time to join hull to deck.

I transported the unfinished kayak to a my friend TwoPaddles shop to be finished.  He had been finishing a modified Outer Island made not of wood strips but boat builder's foam, encased in kevlar and fiberglass, heavy and bombproof.  As his shop was relatively dustfree (compared to my basement), it offered a better environment for varnishing, all six coats, while the sister ship received several coats of two-part marine paint.