> Hello, I'm in the process of finishing up my first Guillemot and have run
> into a problem. The 2" (8 oz.) seam tape I used to join the hull and
> deck, isn't uniformly clear. Last night I ground it down and put a fill
> coat on it, but the weave is still very noticable. Is it just the weight
> of the tape? The rest of the boat looks great! At this piont I can only
> see a couple of options. Grind the tape off and use 6 oz cloth the cover
> the seam or mix up some graphite/epoxy and cover the hull from above the
> shear line down. ( not what I really want to do) Thanks in advance. Any
> help would be greatly appreciated. Rich Ross

Why do we need the tape? Could we get the same strength and abrasion resistance from multiple layers of cloth strips? It would seem that 2 layers of 4oz.clot would equal 1 layer of 8 oz. tape and being able to make each cloth strip different widths would be much easier to feather the edges. Has anyone built a S&G kayak using only cloth where tape was indicated?

Larry C.