Cheer up Rob, the ice will be melted here in another 1 1/2 months. All for going stapeless I have followed the directions very close as I read them so many times I think I memorized them! I have all my cherry cockpit and hatch and laminations done all ready and waiting. Unfortunately now I'm going with your flush mount design for at least the front hatch and won't need all of them. One question on glassing the hull, Will I sacrifice much hull strength by going the light weight way and eliminating the second piece of glass on the hull bottom. As it looks now I should be glassing the hull on Saturday.
Steve

: I give this source for foot pegs in the instruction book. John R. Sweet +1
: (540) 468-2222. He also supplies closed minicell foam for seats, seam tape
: and a lot of other kayak building supplies. I'm sure he now has a web site
: too.

: Read your instruction book. It's all in there.

: Having spent my whole life around boats I'm used to seeing bolt heads and
: different mounting hardware on boat hulls. I guess this is one reason I
: don't mind seeing bolt heads on my hull sides. I've never had anyone
: mention how horrible they looked. Aren't people kind.

: The other reason I drill the hull and bolt through is because I want to know,
: two years from now when I paddling like hell to get out of a storm. that
: my foot pegs aren't going to break off cause I did a bad job of gluing
: them to the hull sides. I expect those foot pegs to have a LOT of force
: placed on them over the years.

: I'd rather bet my live on a bolt than glue.

: And you'll lose a couple inches of hull width by having to glue in blocks to
: screw to.

: But it will look good.

: I'd like to know if the people out there building my GB, NS or other boats
: are making their cockpit coaming with the laminations I suggest or some
: other way.

: I'm surprised at how many get involved in adding Ted Moores laminated stems.
: some Rube-Goldberg stapless methods and other wastes of time that will not
: improve the but think my laminated coamings are too much work.

: I guess I'm learning from following this BB that very few people follow
: directions. All the time I spent writing those instruction books and
: illustrating them and locating material sources.

: Sorry, Just depressed from lack of paddling.

: All the best,
: Rob