I buildt an Osprey Std this summer. Once the hull is built, you should have saturated and glassed everything. All the chine seams should be full and covered with glass. The same is true of the deck. However, when you attach the deck to the hull, the SHEAR SEAM needs to be filled with thickened epoxy for strength. You can't reach all the way into the ends (until much later when you cut hatch openings) so the manual gives instructions for how to make a long handle to attach to the syringe, so you can reach into the ends farther than just your arm will allow. It was awkward, but it worked.

> 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