: 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.

Larry, I don't know about the strength increase. Given the same cloth weight, they should be of equal strength. Evidently, by design the 1" must be OK. Many are built that way. I'd prefer to see something a little wider. But it didn't stop me from using what Pygmy supplied with my wife's Coho.

What are you going to attach the veneer with? I plan on using epoxy on mine. I'll probably saturate first. Let it dry a little bit. Then more epoxy and apply the veneer. Never done it before though. Plan on doing it on the 4th. Good luck with yours. Birds Eye sounds nice. Going to be a sharp boat.

Gary B.