: Hi
: I am about to start on a S&G Cirrus. I have used epoxy resins on a S&G Kayak
: I built about 20 years ago and on various small projects since. I don't
: have any experience of using Polyester resins but having read a couple of
: books, I was planning to use epoxy because of the durability and my
: familiarity with it.

: Al.

Oh ok. Polyester is a lousy glue, not what it was intended for. Epoxy is an excellent glue. Virtually every boat on this forum is designed to use epoxy.

The only thing polyester resin is used for is laminiating hulls in a mold, ie: production boatbuilding.

Bill H.