> I've just finished gluing the inside keel seam on my Artic Tern. The next
> step in the construction manual is to glue all of the outside seams, but
> nowhere is there mention of returning to the inside to glue the inside
> chine seams.

> When I called Pygmy, I was told that gluing the inside chine seam wasn't
> necessary but I could do it if I wanted to. Apparently when the inside of
> the boat is epoxy saturated, this inside chine seam is adequately filled.

> Does anyone recommend gluing the inside chine seam, or would I just be
> wasting time and epoxy? What did you do?

> Thanks in advance for your responses,

> Paul Williams, Port Orchard, WA

I put some epoxy on all the inside seam and assumed that the manual just failed to mention it. It certainly can't hurt. And if your like me, the boat will fall of the sawhorses at least twenty times during the building process. For me, stronger is definately better. I had plenty of epoxy left over - just try to mix it in small batches. I used an 1/8 measuring cup (2:1 -- 3/8 cup total) for most of my mixes.