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Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
By:lee
Date: 10/12/1999, 6:05 pm
In Response To: Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit? (dave)


> I thought it was a piece of cake installing the deck and fittings on the
> Osprey Standard. It was much easier for me than installing the deck on the
> Chesapeake. The Pygmy deck looks nicer, too. The Pygmy hatches both look
> better and are more water tight. The plastic Pygmy hardware looks a little
> tacky, however.

hi Dave, I built hatch covers both ways, recessed and over sized. neither one leaks, What I did for the oversized hatch cover was to lay a bead of thickened epoxy at the inside opening edge of the hatch opening, the gasket on the hatch would then be pressed significantly at the opening as well as at the edge of the hatch cover.

Messages In This Thread

Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Sue -- 10/11/1999, 3:54 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
dave -- 10/12/1999, 11:34 am
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
dave -- 10/12/1999, 12:56 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 6:05 pm
Re: ?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 11:47 am
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 1:14 am
Re: HC/MC
lee -- 10/12/1999, 10:34 am
Re: HC and MC
Mike Hanks -- 10/12/1999, 1:39 am
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Al Freeman -- 10/11/1999, 8:33 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Mike Hanks -- 10/11/1999, 8:42 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Al Freeman -- 10/11/1999, 8:46 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Mike Hanks -- 10/11/1999, 8:18 pm
Re: AT 14?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 12:51 am
Re: AT 14?
Charles Cooper -- 10/12/1999, 10:27 pm
Re: AT 14?
Larry C. -- 10/12/1999, 5:25 pm
Re: AT 14?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 9:48 pm
Re: AT 14?
Larry C. -- 10/12/1999, 10:07 pm
Re: AT 14?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 10:57 pm
Shorter Arctic Tern? I want skinnier...
Dean Trexel -- 10/13/1999, 8:19 pm
Re: AT 14?
Larry C. -- 10/13/1999, 12:17 pm
Re: AT 14?
Mike Hanks -- 10/12/1999, 1:02 am
Re: AT 14?
Sue -- 10/13/1999, 8:33 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Don Lueder -- 10/11/1999, 6:55 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
lee -- 10/12/1999, 10:52 am
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Don Lueder -- 10/13/1999, 12:23 am
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
Jim -- 10/11/1999, 6:47 pm
Re: Anyone build from a Pygmy kit?
David Bryson -- 10/11/1999, 5:13 pm
Re: CLC & Pygmy Combined
Jerry Brown -- 10/12/1999, 2:50 pm
Re: CLC & Pygmy Combined
tom -- 10/12/1999, 11:06 pm