Beginning the work.

The plans for this Kayak are from OneOceanKayaks.com.
The plans have metric measurements, but they are really just converted imperial measurements.  This is very frustrating in a country where imperial measurements were gone before I was born.  Can’t buy things in 5/8, rulers and tape measures don’t have inches and I can’t estimate inches like I can mm.   Also, he puts things in cm – this isn’t dressmaking mate!
That sounded like I was having a dig.  The quality of the plans and the guide from OneOcean is top notch and I would recommend them to anyone considering building a strip build kayak.
Day 1.  30/09/2019
The forms require a strongback 2'' by 5'' - I am making this out of 12mm marine ply.  The ply comes in 2400 lengths so twice this length is more than enough.  To do this I ripped 4 * 5'' by 2400 and 4* 26mm by 2400.   Each piece was then made to be a different length so that the joins were staggered, and the resultant piece is 4800 long.  I still need to sand the edges and chamfer the corners.

Assembly Completed 01/10/2019:

This piece needs to be cut down to 15.5 ft and the ends shaped  - this will be done in a few days.