Ken -- About the same as Bill said. After the hull was done, I stitched on the deck pieces and tacked them with thickened epoxy. But when I took the deck off and turned if over the epoxy broke along the center seam. I put the deck back on the hull and used a few short pieces of tape along the center seam. After the deck was completed, but before rejoining with hull, I started on the coaming and cut the hatch openings. The hatch openings are necessary to reach inside (due to the bulkheads) to both stitch the deck on and for taping the sheer seam.

Hope this helps and good luck. -- Greg

: Sorry to weasel in on Tom's thread but while we're on the topic I may as well
: ask a question I would have been asking in a few days anyway. When tacking
: the deck on a multipanel deck what is the method of attack? Do you stitch
: the hull and deck together, fair the deck, then cut out the hatches to
: give you access to do your tacking? Another source of difficulty is that
: the Shearwater Baidarka that I am building has front and rear bulkheads as
: well as two temporary bulkheads to hold the shape of the boat while
: assembling. These will further restrict access to the bow and stern. Is
: there an easy way to do this?

: Looking for the easy way out...

: Ken