I'm about to start the deck on my Artic Tern and I have a couple of questions for you old hands: 1. The Pygmy instructions call for using the provided 1" tape for the inside deck seams and to reinforce the the fillets on the plywood cockpit braces. is there a significant strength increase in using wider tape (3")? I know there will be a slight weight penalty but that's OK with me. How about 1" over 3" or visa versa?

2. I bought some beautiful bird's eye maple veneer from B&B Rare Woods that I plan to use for accents on the deck. When is the best time to apply the veneer? on the bare deck prior to the saturation coat? after the saturation coat? Thanks.