Tom,

The top end of the hip braces for my Artic Tern fit snugly up against the bottomside of the deck, flush with the cockpit edge. The Pygmy instructions then directed me to tape the inide and outside seams at both the top and bottom of the hip braces to provide structural support.

Paul

> I am ready to install the hip braces on my Osprey double. Should the hip
> braces only come up to where the deck and coaming meet (so the end of the
> brace just sits under the deck) or should the brace come up to the coaming
> lip so there is some wood behind the upper part of the brace?

> Tom D.