Hi. I believe there's an error in your link. I clicked on it and got nothing. Then I replaced the slash before 'edu' with a dot and it worked. Here is the link that worked for me:
http://web.centre.edu/dearaujo/kayak/

: Hi,
: I am currently working on my second strip kayak, a Cape Ann Expedition. I
: built a Spring Run last winter. I think I have a kayak building addiction.

: I am almost done stripping the deck and am beginning to consider design on
: the cockpit area. Instead of doing Vaclav's method of carbon/glass cockpit
: rim layup I think that I am going to use the same method I used on the
: Spring Run of bent lamination of ash and walnut.
: http://web.centre/edu/dearaujo/kayak for picture of Spring Run. On the
: Spring Run I used Vaclav's method for flush hatch covers with a channel
: for foam . It worked very well, and I intend to use it for hatches on this
: boat as well .But I like the look of wood for the cockpit rim.

: My question is this. What are the advantages or disadvantages to doing a
: recessed cockpit like the spring run around the cockpit opening on the
: expedition? I would probably use a contrasting (walnut) wood in the recess
: like I did on the Spring Run. It seems to accentuate the cockpit a
: little.But I am not sure how this would look with the line of the Cape Ann
: Expedition.

: Thanks in advance for the help. This bulletin board is great!! I learn
: something new every day.

: Mark de Araujo