In order to fillet the bulkheads in, one needs to put their head in the hatch holes, which is not comfortable. What I did was to hang the kayak from the ceiling to make things easier. This is also how I store the kayak, above the garage door.

The Stern bulkhead turned out much nicer, and this is the one that people will be able to see.

Here is my bow bulkhead from the cockpit side. It was a long reach to fillet the seam... I could have cleaned it up a bit better...

I liked it so much that I added a new one to the stern deck for good measure.

I removed the old love congee from the recessed panel and added this new one. The rice paper on this one really dissapeared nicely.

Cutting the hatch holes was nerve racking, but not so bad.

Well, I had some great fun paddling TernStyle this summer, but it is time to put her back in drydock.

Here is a glamore shot at Kirkland's Houghton Beach Park. For those of you whom are familiar with the area, I paddled 2.36 miles (as calculated with Google Earth) round trip to Yarrow Bay Wetlands Park. Very plesant. A nice little private oasis in the middle of the Eastside. Saw two Red Ear Sliders (I think) a blue heron and a dozen juvi-ducks. Perfect lunch time paddle. 

Ok, so here is a pic of the rigging... if you squint your eyes you can see it. I re-twisted a bow toggle, (hard to explain in fewer than 100 words). I wish the handle was black instead of white, can't seem to find black twisted rope in home improvement stores. I'll have to try a marine store on the way home. 

TernStyle garnered a lot of praise over the 4th of July weekend. She was inspected and paddled by a number of kayakers and one person who had built a Pygmy Coho, all of whom were either being polite, or they were genuinely impressed. I even got one guy interested in building his own. All in all I would have to say it was a success. 

All loaded up for July 4th celebrations at Lake Tanwax. I have added a shear line accent, that I think really looks good. Also the deck rigging is on, I mentioned that I would have pictures of it.... I lied.