Good advice, Earl. Thanks. That's exactly what I'll do ('cept, instead of doing a honey-do project I'll just haul my kayak down to Penobscot bay and practice my rolling...how's that?). Mark
: I've even thought about not using staples and just doing one strip ... let
: the

: I went the no staple route and a deck pattern design on my first one and am
: glad I did. You will find that if you have a pattern you have many short
: pieces that must be fitted so that you can progress almost as fast not
: using staples as with staples. Where there is not much stress on the strip
: it only takes an hour or so for the glue to set enough to unclamp and put
: the next strip in. For the hull, where the strips may be under stress and
: they strips are full length the no staple approach will be slower but the
: results are very satisfying. Put a strip on, go do a "honey do"
: project , come for another strip and you win points as well as create a
: staple free kayak. Earl