Chesapeake 17 Kayak - Preparation for End Pours - March 7, 2015

We have had quite a bit of Snow this year. Those swings that are completely covered by the snow are about 30 inches off the ground. All you can really see are the ropes holding the swings up. 

The end pour is a block of thickened epoxy that reinforces the bow and stern of the boat. The instruction manual says to make a dam of cardboard and then tape it in place and pour in the epoxy. Well I did that once and it made quite a mess in the boat and I wasted epoxy. So I do it like this now.

 I work with a piece of cardboard to get the shape I want for a dam and then cut my dams out of scrap okoume.

Here is the stern dam resting in place.

This is the bow dam resting in place.

Next time I'll glue them in place with epoxy fillets.