Free boat plans on another site recommend using duct tape to assemble their hull. Feed back that they get on this technique is often negative. The designer insists they use it all the time. The answer seems to be that it will work if one uses INDUSTRIAL quality tape which is not what is available to us at you-know-who.
Wire (I use 18 ga. copper)works so well in so many ways I wouldn't bother with anything else.
Charlie

: If you are not going to be paddling with a group of strong paddlers with long
: boats the Artic Tern 14 will be a boat you can advance your skills in and
: have fun on day paddles. It tracks very good and is very maneuverable on a
: leaned turn. I was pleased that I was able to learn a skulling brace and
: balance brace in my Tern 14. The Osprey is an inch wider than the Tern 14.
: It might make some Skills harder to learn. The Tern 14 has a low foredeck
: which makes it comfortable to paddle. The only other Pygmy that I have
: paddled is the Coho. It has a lot more cockpit room than I need and sits
: higher above the water. I am 6' 160 lbs. with size 9 shoes. The Tern 14
: fits me like a comfortable glove. I feel like I'm paddling a sports car
: and not a tank.
: The copper wire will give you smaller holes in your boat that might look
: better than the bigger holes a zip tie might need. I saw a stich and glue
: boat built by Mark Rogers that didn't use stiching. He used duck tape and
: the boat looks great without the stiching holes. Hope this helps a little.
: Good luck.