Endless Epoxy

Students in the Build Your Own Kayak Winterim have been hard at work crafting their kayaks. As I am writing this, they are attaching the decking to their kayaks. This process requires a seemingly endless amount of peanut butter like epoxy and frustrates the students at times since it is so tedious, but the step is vital since the epoxy is what keeps the boat waterproof, which you can imagine is important for a boat to have.

The leaders of the Build Your Own Kayak Winterim are Mr. Mucha, and Chris Balch, who is a boat builder and teacher. Chris builds boats for his business, Balch Boats, when he is not building boats with groups at various summer camps and schools, like Lawrence Academy.

For more information about the Build Your Own Boat Winterim, check out their blog here. For more information about Chris Balch and his boats, check out his website here.