I just finished (pre-varnish) my Osprey...it looks pretty good. You sand the joints just before you are ready to glass. Feather the lip/joint/edge to smooth or near smooth.

: 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