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A Siskiwit SOF Hits the Water
Mike from Columbus, MS finished building a Siskiwit SOF kayak, the skin-on-frame version of the Siskiwit Bay. This is what he had to say: I finally got around to building the Siskiwit Bay SOF from plans purchased last year. It took about 6 weeks, 60’ish hours, and perhaps $350 – $400 in materials. Please see the attached pictures (which you may use as you like for PaddlingLight.com). The frames are high quality birch plywood, the stringers of cedar, and the stems from white pine. The entire frame is protected with tung oil/linseed/mineral spirits mix.  Covering is iron oxide dyed polyester (red sections only, white is natural color) waterproofed with 2-part polyurethane.  The cockpit…