I got started on the Keel and chines late monday evening, and finished them up last night.
I decided to try nailing them on, mostly just to try something different, and I thought it would be faster than lashing.

It turned out to be a lot slower than lashing, and I had to put at least two nails at different angles into every rib/chine junction, and in the end I still had to lash the ends where the pressure was too much for the nails to hold.

The end result will work fine though, and without lashings on top of it I can plane the edges off without worrying about messing anything up.

I cut the keel piece, and had to do a bit of improvising to get it attached, but the end result feels solid enough.

I have to say though, these two kayaks are the most crooked rushed things I've ever built.

I will probably have to build something proper at a later time, but first I want something I can paddle. :P

I measured and drew up the stemplates, and the last deck beam over the knees, but I only have a japanese hand saw, so the curves are a bit of a bother, so I'm bringing it out to my dad's place today to borrow his jigsaw and get the last bits done.

Once they're cut and attached it's time for a pre-skin test! :D

Moved in!

OK, all moved into the apartment now, and my girlfriend is away in germany for a week! time to get building!
I spent 4 hours saturday evening and sunday morning making the rib mortices (had to stop because I didn't want to disturb the neighbours with my drilling).

Basically, I drill two holes, with an 8 mm drill, and connect them with a chisel, and square the hole so I can fit a piece of the rib stock into it.

Next up, ribs!
I spent about half an hour measuring and cutting the ribs to lenght, and built myself a quick improvised steam box of a sheet of styrofoam I got when I bought a bookshelf last week.

The bending was far from perfect, with about 8 ribs broken, and most of the others had quite sharp bends, but I forgot my bending jig when I moved and I was too lazy to keep going after 2½ hours and decided it was good enough.

I started tying on the keel and chines, but I'll get some pictures and add them in the next post. :)