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nobody expects the spanish inquisition!

Back in January I got hold of a cheap second-hand kayak, from a guy who made his own. He liked to experiment and then move on to bigger and better things.

It wasn’t particularly neatly made. And the paint job was pretty … interesting. It looked like it had been painted with the same paint that is used for metal-working machinery – that dimpled metallic stuff. And it had been slapped on thick, with nice dribbles all over the place.

A quality paint job. I’d decided a while ago to strip it back and re-finish it, and finally got around to starting sanding today.

But lo and behold, what’s this that I see? I was expecting some average looking ugly plywood underneath. But no. My plywood was leopard-patterned.

So, a lot more sanding to go. But my kayak is going to be a leopard.

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grrrrarrrr

both of the boys are downstairs, hard at work on their boats. they’re both building wooden sea kayaks – one of the kayaks is getting towards the stages of being finished, and actually looks like a boat. the other is still individual bits of plywood strewn across the garage. the whine of the saw is sounding intermittently, as more bits of plywood succumb. meanwhile, it’s 37oC here, and not really the sort of weather i’d choose for doing that sort of thing.