Chesapeake 17 rebuilt Kayak/White and Blue
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Chesapeakes are built to endure a lifetime of strenuous touring with 4mm-okoume plywood hulls and decks, both sheathed with fiberglass. Watertight bulkheads are standard, as are hatches, deck rigging, adjustable foot braces, and a comfortable seat.
I found this wonderful craft at a camp up north by the Canadian border and I rebuilt it over this past winter. This one lang with uniter I will roster soon as well was left on a rack unused for many ears so the owners decided to part with it hooping some one like me would come along and renew it. I started by stripping away all the old fiberglass cover, paint, fillers whatever was on it and getting it right down it it's bare naked wood hull. then I stared over, reenforcing the seams with fiberglass, and West system Epoxy for the seems and then and Total Boat fiberglass wrap all around. After that, epoxy primers for the base coat and complete refinish inside and out. The interior was in fine shape and needed very little help since they were sited upside down. This one was originally built out at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum years ago as part of their youth program. My son has one he built and did a two week tour of Lake Champlain as part of the program out there. 100 miles! These boats are made to be out in the weather with a proud bow to cut the waves and low stern to let the waves roll over the deck so as to put up least resistance to the weather. The two gasgeted water tight compartments are large enough to store all your gear and food for long adventures and the rigging on the deck holds even more and provide a work space in front of you to lay out navigation maps, cell phones and tablets and lunch!
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