: Bill,
: This comment seems like a bit of a stretch. Pygmy is one of the
: world's top kit manufacturers and has sold thousands of boats
: with butt joints. It's not likely they would continue if it were
: not an effective technique. Once sheathed in fiberglass, a butt
: joint is no more likely to fail than is any of the joints in a
: stripped boat.
: -Wes

I've not built a Pygmy kit, nor any other kit for that matter, but I have looked at the building process they use. I wonder if they suggest saturating the end grain of the ply with epoxy before they are taped together? It's never a good idea to leave end grain plywood unsealed in a marine enviorment.

Bill H.