My clamp collection,

I am deliberately not working out how much I have spend on clamps.
The same applies to Random orbital sanding disks!

Around 20 3" C clamps and a few miscelanious C clamps (including some of those ones from old tire patching kits)

Around 20 of the spring type originally and finishing up with about 10 as they broke under their own spring pressure (perhaps $1 each is too cheap)

Around 20 bulldog Clips like used in an office (I didnt use these for much except holding glass in place while I epoxied).

Hot glue! I only discovered this late in the project. It was invaluable for putting the risers on the cockpit coaming and also for holding some scrap ply in place which filled the gap between the deck and the bulkheads (I must have stuffed up somewhere).

A roll or 2 of masking tape. you can hold a lot of things with tape, In a pinch you can even use it for masking things off! I wish I had of had the patience to use it for more masking off as I believe this is the way to reduce a lot of sanding and scraping.

A scraper is a wonderful tool which I only discovered late in the process which allows those inevitable dribbles of epoxy to be cleaned up with relative ease.

The fittings in Erics instructions (Most if not all of them are in Nicks Book too) just dont require you to use fasteners and in my view are all very functional and beautiful. the wooden footbrace feels a bit wonky compared to the alluminium and plastic ones in my west river but it is much more comfortable. The arched deck fittings are an interesting half day with a bandsaw.

The single biggest use of clamps was this effort with the cockpit.

hope this helps,

Nick