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Originally Posted by glatt
Here's the finished boat. I was supposed to varnish it to protect the epoxy from UV rays, but I never did. It's stored in the dark, so it's been fine for the past 9 years.
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It's been 3 years since I wrote that, and the kayak hasn't been treated kindly. Its storage location went from being under a cottage to under a deck. And snow melt got past the cockpit cover and filled the entire kayak, including behind the bulkheads, with water that year.
It's seen too much UV exposure, and lost much of its epoxy finish on the deck.
A close up of the cockpit (with damaged cover in place) shows the real wear and tear on the deck. Lots of bare wood there.
