New SUP deck plug

 Our new SUP is coming along.

It is a hollow structural skin design.  The hull was molded awhile ago and now our deck plug is taking shape.

Today we gave it a glass skin.  Soon this will get gelcoat.  The gelcoat will be sanded and polished up to a gloss before molding.   

Building Oars

 Our Dyer Dinghy didn't have a decent set of oars.  It was time to start woodworking again.  My wife and I planned a sail to Beaufort NC.  We would be anchoring out in Taylor creek and needed some oars for the dink.  

I had leftover wood from previous paddle building projects.  I found 2 nice long pieces of douglas fir for the shafts.  The blades were made from a glue up of pine and sapele bits.  After the blades were formed. I cut 2 sapele doughnuts for stops for the oarlocks.  Being in a hurry and not wanting to lose any strength, I skipped rounding the shafts.  I did take a bit of the corners off at the handles and then wrapped the handles in carbon fiber tow set in epoxy.  It has a nice feel in the hand.  Here the photos....