DIY’ed Deck Plate or End Cap Compilation?

[Mike McCrea]

I’ve had the jealous pleasure of reading different threads from Canoe Tripping builders over the years, with photos of their exquisite accent inlaid decks, striking patterns or reproductions of turn-of-the-century end curves that served to identify a specific WC manufacturer.

Decks with scallops, decks with attractive drain holes, decks with some purpose built multi-function; long WW decks with raised wave shedding baffles, or wood deck plates with carry thwart “grab handles” secured below the inwales. Lotta ways to skin that cat.

Those inventive builder’s decks, including everything from wood to vacuum bagged carbon fiber to heat-gun molded Kydex and etc, are buried in the archives amongst hundreds of builds.

How about a show-your-work compilation of DIY decks?

 

[Cruiser]

Deck on the Kipawa I built in 2015

 

[dougd]

I'll throw my 02 in. Here's my experiment at working with Kydex. I still have half a sheet left to play with.

Working with Kydex

A while back a friend told me about Kydex. Hmmm, sounded like a good alternative to doing cloth and resin for the application I needed...O...

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[Roybrew]

My 1st. The next one I build will be fit inside the gunnels.

 

[Cheeseandbeans]

 

[Cruiser]

I'll do another one, decks are one of the things I like doing

 

[dougd]

What a beauty!

I'll do another one, decks are one of the things I like doing


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What a beauty!

 

[Mike McCrea]

Cruiser, that deck plate is setting the bar high.

I’ll go low.

P1030031 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr