This came up with my Cheasapeake 17 last yr. I found it was a real pain filling the gap later (after I had rounded over the edge I had to go back multiple times with thickened epoxy).

My plan for the next boat is to flip the boat over after the deck is attached but before I trim off the edges - I'll then drip a bead of epoxy onto the edge and let it soak into the gap and fill any holes.

(Plus, of course, next time I'll do a better job planing down the edge).

Mark

> Wish this thread had been around about 3 days earlier (just attached the
> deck on my Chesapeake 17 this weekend). I too had too much curvature on
> the clamp's outside edge and have a slight gap. I know better now for the
> next boat (my wife's).

> Did you round off the gunwales, and if so, how much of the epoxy was left
> in the gap afterwards? I initially thought about filling with epoxy, but
> my current thoughts are to go ahead and round off the gunwale and
> re-examine whatever gap that was left. I was thinking that maybe a high
> build primer would fill what gap there still was, and save a couple of
> ounces and a little hassle.