> Hi Rick:

> I did install internal stems on my Guillemot Expedition Single. Here's a
> pic if the stem at the bow.

> http://sites.netscape.net/evalley/kayak/img/k002.jpg I made them of a
> single solid piece of cedar for the internal stems, I cold-molded some
> mahogany stems for the exterior. I cut the concave curve to fit the sweep
> of the form. Then I tack-glued the piece to the endforms (it looked like a
> sword you might have played with when you were 10) and then planed the
> sides to a fairly even triangular shape (then it really looked like a
> sword). The goal was to add strength to the bow and stern, and I think it
> worked by offering another place to glue the strips to at the ends of the
> boat. Otherwise, they would have been glued only to each other.

> Ed Valley

Ed, what did you use for tack glue for the inner stem? and how did you knock it loose when removing the hull from forms. Also did you have any problem with glue on the inner stem getting into the end form-inner stem joint?

Larry C.