: On my skin kayak, the skin is adheared to gunnels etc. to a small amount. I
: know this because I'm lowereg my cockpit coaming and haave to peel back
: the polyester where it is lightly epoxied to the wood. You can pull it
: away with a pliers - it's not bonded like fiberglass cloth would be. The
: polyester does soak through but nowhere to the extent of fiberglass cloth.
: In most areas it didn't soak through at all.

: One of the beauties of my skin boat is the wobbly, ugly sewing spine that
: runs down the center of the decks. It makes it all official and anybody
: who sees it, can't resist touching it.

Hey Jay, What did you seal up the frame with before covering? Couldn't one apply a release coating on the finished frame so that even using epoxy as your skin coating you would still have a free floating skin?

How is the epoxied skin holding up? Did you final coat with spar varnish for UV protection?

Marty H