Ive built 5 sttch and glue boats over the past year or so and have not bothered to avoid wire holes much yet, however as others have said, you can use tape. i reccomend filement straping tape around the hull. if you cut the hatches befor assembling the deck you can reach in for all the epoxy work to within a foot or so of the ends. I use a brush screwed to a stick to apply the epoxy. Pre-saturate a pre-measured roll of tape in epoxy, un rolling it into place on the seam.

> OK a builder in an earlier thread commented on not enough postings for
> Pygmy boats. So here is my first one of two.

> I am building two Pygmy boats. The first is an Osprey standard. The second
> is a Coho. I have just complete gluing the desk seams on the Osprey. It
> looks great. I like the angles and upsweep of the glue seams at the bow.
> (Can’t wait to get about 5 coats of varnish on it!)

> For the Coho would like to investigate building it without wire holes in
> the deck. Does anyone have any experience in doing this?

> Note, please do not turn this thread into a faceted verses bent wood
> religious war. Each technique has its esthetic appeal subject to personal
> preference. I choose the Osprey and the Coho because of the deck design
> (as well as other things). I am simply looking for some alternative
> building techniques.