Concrete Canoe Bulkhead & Patch Day 2013 Gallery March 9, 2013 Nick Halsey The canoe wants bulkheads!First batch of mixTrimming bulkheads, and cleaning upPatching the top edge of the canoeFitting, trimming, fitting, trimming…We started running into a lot of balloons in our trimming…Placing concrete patchesCleaning out the stray foam piecesEdges look goodOne bulkhead done!Erin: we’re going to need to take like six inches off the top.Nick: okay, I’ll just go for it.Both: uh, there go all of our air pockets…Bulkhead/swiss cheeseWe had a couple leftover balloons to put inside popped balloon pocketsMixing another batch of concreteWe ended up stuffing the balloon pockets with the foam we chopped offStill mixing…Patching done, ready for bulkheads!Bulkhead patching almost doneI guess it could look worse…We still had to place the third layer of concrete on the ends under the bulkheadWait, our bulkheads are both 6″ too long? … let’s chop them down more…Fitted bulkheadPacking in the bulkheadPlacing this goes way faster than the rest of the canoeOne down, one to goStarting bulkhead#2One more mix!Cleaning upFinished canoebulkheads look goodAnd the humidifying setup is reconstructed. DONE. X Exit full screen gallery ⇗ Open full size image → Next image 0 of 0 ← Previous image