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Artic Tern Chine Inside Seam, Glue It?
By:Paul Willliams
Date: 11/3/1999, 7:08 pm

I've just finished gluing the inside keel seam on my Artic Tern. The next step in the construction manual is to glue all of the outside seams, but nowhere is there mention of returning to the inside to glue the inside chine seams.

When I called Pygmy, I was told that gluing the inside chine seam wasn't necessary but I could do it if I wanted to. Apparently when the inside of the boat is epoxy saturated, this inside chine seam is adequately filled.

Does anyone recommend gluing the inside chine seam, or would I just be wasting time and epoxy? What did you do?

Thanks in advance for your responses,

Paul Williams, Port Orchard, WA

Messages In This Thread

Artic Tern Chine Inside Seam, Glue It?
Paul Willliams -- 11/3/1999, 7:08 pm
Re: Artic Tern Chine Inside Seam, Glue It?
Roger -- 11/3/1999, 9:59 pm
Re: Artic Tern Chine Inside Seam, Glue It?
David Bryson -- 11/3/1999, 8:04 pm
Re: Artic Tern Chine Inside Seam, Glue It?
Don Lueder -- 11/3/1999, 7:59 pm