This is the strongback that I'll be building the kayak on. Next up are the station forms.

This is the strongback with the riser blocks and station forms attached. We can start to see the shape of the hull. The hardest part of this step was ensuring the riser blocks we all plumb. I think this was partially caused by the mdf I used for the surface of the strongback. The mdf tended to buckle when screwing down the riser causing misalignment. Next time I'll just use plywood.

This is the inner and outer bow stems being laminated. The inner stem is cedar and the outer stem is walnut. The walnut on the outer stems, which I'm also using for the coaming, will contrast nicely with the Alaskan yellow cedar I'm using for the deck.

This is the bow form with the inner stem and station forms attached. I cut a new form from MDF after damaging the original when clamping the stems.

This is the stern form with the inner stem and station forms attached.

Sheer strips installed. I picked up a low angle spoke shave from Lee Valley to shape the stems.

Another shot after installing the sheer strips.