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Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming? *LINK*
By:Timt
Date: 5/6/2009, 11:39 am

I'm working on a wood framed, nylon skinned Sea Pup. The Yost coamings are designed for PVC skinning and sandwich the skin between a frame mounted base ring and the exterior portion of the coaming.

I'd appreciate a little advice on the best way to mate the coaming to the skin.

Options are:
1- Follow the PVC directions and sandwich the nylon between base and coaming (Screw through the fabric to clamp the Exterior coaming to the base plate)?
2- Delete the base ring and sew the nylon to the wood of the coaming?
3- combine the two, leave the base ring there, route the nylon over the base, sew to the coaming?
4- some better idea?

The coaming I'm building is bent strips. They are bent and clamped to dry, but not yet glued (see link). The vertical wall of the coaming is 3 strips totaling about 0.6" thick, and the lip is another 0.4". If I go with either of the sewed options I can delete a ring and thin the wall to 0.4".

Any thoughts?

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming? *LINK*
Timt -- 5/6/2009, 11:39 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Ruedi -- 9/29/2009, 9:04 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Tom Yost -- 9/30/2009, 1:19 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming? *NM*
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2009, 1:47 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Bill Hamm -- 9/30/2009, 1:50 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Bill Hamm -- 5/7/2009, 12:33 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Timt -- 5/7/2009, 2:59 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming? *LINK*
Kudzu -- 5/6/2009, 11:58 am
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Brian Nystrom -- 5/7/2009, 8:16 am
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Kudzu -- 5/7/2009, 9:32 am
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Brian Scarborough -- 5/7/2009, 11:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: attaching coaming?
Timt -- 5/6/2009, 5:59 pm