: I get that point, but, my read of the instructions is that just the top and
: inside of the combing get glass, which was fine with me, since
: glassing/sanding the outside would be difficult (for me), with result that
: unglassed would certainly look better.

: On the Pygmy Osprey, the only glass was on the top and bottom of the lip
: layer. Liking that bit of extra strength, I had gone ahead and glassed the
: bottom of the lip on the Shearwater.

Actually the outside of the coaming would likely look better for everyone if it were unglassed, it's not just you

But that's where the strength is, even with the strips epoxied to the cutout the edge is such a small area there would be little strength no matter how well the joint.

Otherwise the inside of the coaming can be glassed, the strips alone just arn't strong enough. Specially when removing the skirt, you can put alot of strain on these joints, don't want them failing.

Bill H.