pvc kayak

Step 5 Adding the skin

I used a 11' x 15' blue tarp for the skin. This was kinda tricky, I didn't know how to wrap the darn thing. This isn't anything new you should see my Christmas gift wrappings. I placed the frame long ways with the longest part of the tarp, then folded the ends in. I used a little duct tape to secure it to the frame. Then I diagonally folded the sides in on the front secured them with duct tape then did the back the same. I pulled the extra tarp under the inside frame and used some nylon line through the eye holes to tighten up the skin, I dont know if it helped but made it look sharper. To keep with the Hillbilly look, I made a paddle with a 7' pvc pipe and two paddle shaped peices of wood, secured with some metal brackets.

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[rowerwet]

another easy way to make a paddle, take a 1"x6" board as tall as you and cut 2 inches off of each side in the middle, leaving the ends full 6" wide for the first foot,  to make a flattened paddle shape. wrap duck tape or sand the shaft where you grab it to save your hands.