That is sad to hear. I hope you can save the kayak. One idea that might help.

Most of the strength in the Pygmy decks seams to come from the taped seams on the inside. If the glass tape or the wood it's bonded to is damaged, re-glassing the outside may not restore enough strength. You might want to glue in some re-enforcement blocks, similar to the ones Pygmy uses, near the cockpit, under the damaged area of the deck. This would restore strength to the damaged areas.

Don

: My neighbor, Gisela finished her Pygmy Arctic Tern about a month ago. She
: took it down to Owen Beach at Pt. Defiance, and had the kayak sitting by
: her car. A lady backing out of another spot backed over it with her car,
: pinning it underneath! The Lady got somewhat passive aggressive when
: Gisela confronted her, and then took off. Gisela was not able to
: get the license number. Gisela is heartbroken because she had not even
: varnished it yet.

: The kayak is not too badly damaged. The rear deck is damaged. The plywood is
: cracked and has deflected down some. The glass did not break, but
: delaminated from the wood where the wood is pushed in.

: I plan on helping her fix it. I think we'll need to sand down to the wood,
: removing the glass in the area, feathering the edges. We'll push the wood
: back and epoxy it back in place. Next, we'll reglass out past the old
: glass edges, feathering it out. There will probably be some permanent
: scarring, but we may do some custom work to cover it up.