BBW River Ranger 12

[LastHurrah]

Well thanks to Darrell (DarrellS) & Ron (bowgarguide) I am building my first kayak, lol. It won't be as good as theirs but I'm going to give it a go. I've got the epoxy and fiberglass cloth on order from US Composites and I got the rest of my supplies from Harbor Freight and Lowes. I decided to go with the Brazos Boat Works "River Ranger" because it is a 3 panel "stitch and glue" design and seems like a good beginner kayak.

My epoxy and fiberglass are going to arrive Tuesday so this evening I decided to cut my forms and my decks while I'm waiting for the epoxy to arrive.

Thanks for looking....more to come

Casey

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Here is a picture of my front decks......the rear decks are the same dimensions.

[DarrellS]

Looking good. By Tuesday you will be ready for epoxy to make some goopie and get her glued together.

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Yep, as soon as the epoxy gets here the first thing I am going to do is splice two pieces of the plywood together. Gerald just gave me some really good instructions on how to do that. Then I will will cut out my side pieces and keel, and then off to stitchin'.

[DarrellS]

If you are down around Waco over the weekend give me a call and I'll loan you some so you can keep going on the boat. 254/749-9413

[Iwannagofishin]

Looks like your off to a good start. Can't wait to see your progress.

What kind of wood are you using?

[LastHurrah]

Looks like your off to a good start. Can't wait to see your progress.

What kind of wood are you using?

Just the Luan from Lowes. 10 bucks a sheet but I think it will float.

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Went ahead and cut my side pieces out last night. Now if the dang ups man would hurry up we could get this thing spliced and stitched up and looking like a boat, lol. Probably going to work on the keel tomorrow.


Here are my side pieces

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Back up a little further and took the same picture

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Thanks for looking!

Casey

[Iwannagofishin]

Go Casey Go

[bowgarguide]

I have built several laun boats . They worked great ,A suggestion cover all surfaces with epoxy and cloth.
Ron

[makenmend]

'' A suggestion cover all surfaces with epoxy and cloth. ''

Ditto

MM

[LastHurrah]

I have built several laun boats . They worked great ,A suggestion cover all surfaces with epoxy and cloth.
Ron

'' A suggestion cover all surfaces with epoxy and cloth. ''

Ditto

MM

Yea I am going to of course......The problem is I can't do it till it arrives on Tuesday......I don't know what to do with myself now I keep pacing around the garage trying to find other things to keep me busy.

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Drew my keel out today. I'm going to wait to cut it out until after I splice the two main solid boards together. I really can't do anything else until Tuesday now.

Kind of hard to see, sorry.

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More to come....

Casey

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Got all my pieces spliced up last night.....I will post pics this evening then I will start trying to get it stitched up.

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Spliced up the pieces completely..... The next pics you see it should start looking like a boat.



Definitely not the prettiest splicing but it's solid as a rock

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More to come

Casey

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Got quite a bit done this evening. Cut the keel out and drilled holes for stitching.

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Stitched the keel and side plates on.... Going to put the forms in next

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Forms are in! That's about all I can do today. I'm starting to get pretty excited because it's taking shape... Whether she ends up floating or not is a different story.

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Casey

[DarrellS]

looks like you did a good job cutting everything. All of the pieces fit well. Have you started thinking about your next boat yet? If not you will before long.

[makenmend]

this is the neatest stage, those flat pieces of wood now become a 3 diamentional boat, EXITEING on the downside, lots to do before she hits the water (Not really) its all fun. enjoy.
MM

[LastHurrah]

looks like you did a good job cutting everything. All of the pieces fit well. Have you started thinking about your next boat yet? If not you will before long.

My next boat will probably be the same one because my fishing buddies want one now that they see how the boat is looking

[LastHurrah]

this is the neatest stage, those flat pieces of wood now become a 3 diamentional boat, EXITEING on the downside, lots to do before she hits the water (Not really) its all fun. enjoy.
MM

It is very exciting and yes I do have quite a bit before she floats. I think the only problem I am going to run into now is the decks. Really not sure how to do them to be honest.

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I was out of town this weekend but I am going to start back up this evening. Going to do the fillets between all the stitches. Any suggestions on what instrument I should use to apply the fillets?

Casey

[bowgarguide]

Go to a hobby store buy you some craft sticks,(Popsicle stick) they normally have two sizes and both are handy in different places.
Ron

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Go to a hobby store buy you some craft sticks,(Popsicle stick) they normally have two sizes and both are handy in different places.
Ron

Thanks Ron, will do!

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Just did some fillets....Didn't do the best job but it's definitely going to hold the pieces together.

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More to come

Casey