: I've read that some people do and some people don't glass
: up/over/under the coaming lip.
: From the things I've read the people who don't do it say it's fine
: and the glass is overkill, and the people who do would never
: not. Some just glass the top of the lip but not over and
: under... What is the general consensus on this?

: Seems a few coats of epoxy could perhaps be strong enough, but
: maybe I'm putting to much faith into the epoxy oak combo..
: I'm a little scared to attempt glassing the thing due to the
: complex curves and my relative inexperience with fiberglass (it
: looks to good to mess up).
: My riser is vertical strips with 2 layers of 6oz glass on the
: outside, and one layer on the inside.
: The lip is 6 layers of 1/8X1/4 oak laminated together with epoxy
: and glued on the riser with thickened epoxy.

Hi Andrew,Follow Nick's book and you won't go wrong, I find that I put a lot of stress on the front of the coaming when pulling myself up getting out and when picking up the kayak. I use biased glass from inside the hull up and around the coaming under the coaming lip and down to the hull,hopefully this will prevent failure at the water's edge.
Hope this will help,as always have fun Nick R.