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I did consider making some but the purchase cost was low enough that it doesn't justify taking the time to make a custom piece. If the store bought option doesn't work out then I'll have to go custom. Your build thread/tutorial is excellent BTW. The wooden plug idea is a great one. I was...

I ordered some fiberglass end caps that the folks at Clipper thought might work after sending in some measurements. I kind of like the idea of the aluminum decks Pseudonym suggested. I'll have to see what I have on hand for scrap aluminum if the fiberglass ones don't work out.

Well I made an attempt at a wood end cap. After spending a few hours I could see it wasn't going to look right with the rounded aluminum. If I can't find a pointier matching plastic end cap I'll likely try making some out of glass. The end caps I originally purchased would have worked had I...

After some running around this morning I fought the gunnels into place. It really helped using the strap and paddle to pull it up and angle it into place while gently hammering on the padded 2x4 further back seating it. After getting them into place I put the end cap on and could see that it...

@stripperguy A better term would have been wear strips. It was just the 30" pieces of 6oz, one at each end.

Skid plates installed. I used about 30" of 6oz tape on each end. Also finish sanded the outer hull with 120 grit on an interface pad.

I put a little time in on the boat today. Flipped it over and cleaned up the masking line with 180 grit on the RO with an interface pad. Cleaned up the flat edge with 120 grit and no pad. I masked it off with the tape right at the bottom of the walnut for the first coat. After the first coat...

@ThatPaddlingGuy It feels like its getting close to taking it for a test paddle. Lakes don't thaw here until the 1st week of May though. I finished level sanding yesterday. I used that longboard with 80 grit then went over the hull with 120grit on the RO with an interface pad. After that...

I put a patch over the seam with a couple of fill coats. I also drilled an oversized vent hole at the top of each tank. When I did the fill coats I dripped some epoxy in the vent holes sealing them up. I'll drill a pin hole in the center after varnish. I made a mistake by forgetting to...

After doing some sanding around the edges to get everything lined up properly I put 4 big globs of hot glue to lock the vertical piece in place. While the glue was cooling off and strengthening up I went to work feathering out the patch I put in. I taped a seal/dam around the front face...

Glassed the front side of the float tank pieces. Hung the glass over edge for weight to help it make the corner. Three coats on the patch, first one with a Bondo scraper then two more with a roller. Started sanding the bow tumblehome section. Starting to feel like the home stretch.

I went at the cockpit area with some 60 grit. It didn't go well previously with the cockpit layer and it was uneven with a large ridge at the butt joint in the center. When I sanded everything level I went through the glass on the wrinkles tops and took out the ridge at the butt joint...

I will be glassing the backside of the vertical piece of the float tank only. The top will have filet underneath sort of where it sits on top of a scrap of strip with the bead side up. Currently it is only hot glued but will be epoxied before the top is set in place. Then there will be a...

I built the vertical section of the stern float tank and glued it together. I then marked it for height, trimmed it and attached a thicker piece of walnut. I broke off the one I glued previously on bow tank and replaced it with a thicker piece too. I'll be planing it down and rounding it over...

I spent a little time getting the gunnels cut to length outside before it gets cold here again. I had left them overnight with the wood bits in there which did help a fair bit. The best way to get them on ended up being getting them started, lining them up then whacking them into place. They...

OK, I won't skip any pictures then. This is one I skipped on that last post. It's one of ripping the walnut trim piece down to the thickness I needed. It's hard to see a line drawn on walnut so I use the tape to make it easier to see. Mainly I took this picture to show the Japanese pull saw...

Looking good. Are you going the glass the coaming too?

Finished the wood on the front tank, just needs a little sanding then glassing. If I'm adding too many pictures please me know and I'll just add the important stuff. I took advantage of the weather window and was hoping to get the gunnels cut to length. Since they're 18' I have to open my...

Not much of an update. I planed the strip of walnut down to 18mm to match the inner stem and shaped/trimmed a few pieces before tending to household chores. I didn't want to be the neighbor out too early running the snowblower. We have a lot of standing snow and are just starting a week long...

That was my experience as well. The friend that has helped me with advice over the years also said the same thing with his Mirka unit. The first time he used it he paused and thought "I should have bought one of these years ago". I still wear a respirator though as it doesn't get it all and...