Hi Roger,

Good Luck! I tried installing my deck sans ring nails and it was a %itch! I used duct tape every 6-8" and bungies stretched under the keel and hooked on both sides of the deck. I might also add I used doorskins for my deck rather than the CLC recommended 4mm Okoume. (and the doorkskins were more flexible than the 4mm I used for my hull.) I ended up using paneling nails, which have ringshanks, but are a lot finer, and just have a tiny head. If you get paneling nails that are about the same color as the finished deck, they are unnoticeable if you're more than 2' away.

> I'll soon be installing the deck on my CLC Chesapeake 17. Per the CLC
> intructions they have you nail the deck down to the sheer clamps so that
> the epoxy can cure. The epoxy is really holding the hull to deck joint
> together, not the nails.

> Has anyone had experience they wish to share doing this without nails or
> screws? Like using duct tape, packing tape, straps, etc.? I'm interested
> in getting it on there without nails simply for the clean look I believe
> it would give me.

> Thanks in advance, -Roger Donahe