Installing the recess around the coaming of a strip built sea kayak. for more info, visit: http://www.guillemot-kayaks.com/guill.... Preparation. the hole pretty much defines the shape so cutting the hole accurately is step one. since that step the boat has been fiberglassed and the rough edges left over from that need to be cleaned up.. Laughing loon kayak features: the cockpit coaming in the photo below is 33" x 18" (outside dimensions) and gives you an idea of the hardwood laminations i use to make my coamings. the leading edge of the hardwood coaming is recessed to reduce spray, strengthen the deck and just look cool!.
Coaming what is the coaming? in the beginning, there was no coaming. the spray skirt was built-in to the kayak deck. in 1990, we developed a detachable fibreglass coaming rim for the cockpit, and were able to use a traditional style of spray skirt along with our sea sock.. If the stitch and glue night heron has a pmltb - piece most likely to break - it has to be the coaming riser. this is a strip of plywood about 3/4" wide by about 6' long that is bent into egg-shaped ring. the grain needs to be oriented across the width to allow the plywood to bend.. There are many ways to build a coaming, such as lamination of thin strips, steaming and bending wood around the rim or making the whole thing out of one piece of plywood..
