I found glueing the first joints to be the most frustrating part of building a Pygmy. Not that it was hard to get a stong or straight joint, but the finish. The first one I built had banding around the joint. I agree with Lee's advice on sanding.

: Hello,

: I am building a Pygmy Coho and have just finished gluing the joints for the
: panels that (will) form the hull.

: For each panel joint glassed & glued, there is now a patch of dried epoxy
: that is roughly 1/32 to 1/16 of an inch above the surface of the wood. I
: have peaked ahead at the instruction manual, and perhaps I missed it, but
: at what point does the joint epoxy patch on the panels get sanded down to
: the same level as the rest of the hull wood? Does this take place after
: the panels are stitched together?

: Thanks,
: Robert