The Snake

 The first side panel ready to go on the forward cross beam ("kiato" in Tahitian).  I'll be interested to see how much spring-back I get tomorrow when I release it from the blocking.  I planed several feet of each end into a taper so it will be tapered in both dimensions.  Saves weight and looks more elegant.
Two coats of undercoat inside the hull after much sanding and filling. When I built the canoes in Fiji I used almost no sandpaper and didn't have a sander.  I just smoothed everything with a block plane and I must have saved dozens of hours of labor.

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  1. WillAugust 5, 2011 at 8:29 PM

    Looks great,what will the overall beam be? really enjoy seeing the process, thanks

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  2. Gary.DierkingAugust 5, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    The overall beam is 13'8" (4.1M).

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  3. Wade TarziaAugust 6, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    Praise the sandpaperless days! Does that 13'8 beam include the akas stricking out over the other side?

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  4. Gary.DierkingAugust 6, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    The 13'6" (corrected dimension) is the length of the kiatos. The centerline to centerline spacing of the hulls is 8'.

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