This past week was, for a number of reasons, crazy. I didn't get around to running more epoxy down the right side of the boat. But, it was nice outside, so today was the day to do the first end pour. Step one was to get some plastic and wrap it all around the end. Before I did this, I trimmed excess fiberglass off of the tip and ran some tape across the very tip of the seam. Then I wrapped it up good and tight as this end will be sitting in a bucket of cold water for a bit.

Next I had to prop the boat up vertically somewhere. The porch seemed a good enough place. Note the strap securing the 'yak to the house, and note also the bucket -- that will be filled with water.

Here's a view from the opposite side. Here you can see the strap and bucket a little better.

The process, as presented by Nick in his book, is to make a dumper cup. Here I just taped twine to the top and bottom of the cup. I wrapped each line (which were much longer than they needed to be) around seperate sticks to keep them from getting tangled. The process then is to mix the epoxy, add some microballoons/filler/etc. to thicken it just a bit, and then lower the cup down the boat and then dump it -- tipping the cup using the bottom string.

Here's an after-the-fact re-creation. From here, I slipped the cup in through the cockpit, dropped the stick holding the string to the bottom of the cup (outside of the 'yak, of course) so it would be out of the way, then proceeded to lower the cup all the way down to the tip. Then I tipped it over, and the epoxy dumped to fill the tip. Worked like a charm.

Here you can see the epoxy. Now, when this stuff kicks, it gets hot. That's why the bucket of water is there. The idea is to fill the bucket with water, and then leave a small amount of water running so that the water stays cold and isn't affected by the epoxy when it kicks.

Here's another view. I'm gonna let it sit for a few hours so that the epoxy gets a good start curing. I'll pack everything up later this evening. That, and I'll hopefully be able to do the other end pour tomorrow afternoon.