Dave

On my Sea Spirit 17, after I stripped the hull and epoxied the outside, I installed sheer clamps and planed them to match the shape of the deck where it would mate with the hull. When I stripped the deck, I left about 1/2 inch overhang all along the sheer line. To attach the deck, I first added some support structure where the deck was flat. I then covered the support structure with thickened epoxy and glued the underside of the deck to it. It’s basically the same process as attaching a plywood deck to an S&G hull that has sheer clamps. After the glue (epoxy thickened with silica powder) was cured, I removed the overhang, and then epoxied glass tape along the sheer, overlapping the deck to hull joint.

You can see the process on my web site.

Bobby