: Do you know first hand, or does the Sea KAyaker
: article tell anything about the long termstress of this procedure on a
: kayak?

I never thought about it.

the sk article doesn't mention anything about it.

I would assume the answer lyes with the epoxy people, so ask them.

I don't experience any stress symptoms on my joints (yet ?)

: Do you find the boat gives you any leakage problems?

no.

Is the
: procedure fairly straightforward?

the period of time between the installation of the bulkheads in the boat
& the sawing of the boat must not exceed 72 hours because after sawing the boat
there are little vlumes that must be filled with epoxy & can't be sanded.
If they don't hold tight it will affect the strength of the joint.

everything else is pretty much straight forward.

: Any advice for the firs time builder and
: this splitting process?

I'm not sure what you mean.

it took me ALOT of time.
I don't measure time when I work, & I did it more than a year ago.
I think it took me 3 weeks of intenssive
work. I was unemployed at the time & "intenssive work" means working
6 hours or so, 5 days aweek.

good luck,

Erez