: Yesterday afternoon I was happily starting the chocolate brown bow
: and stern sections on my One Ocean Cape Ann SLT. Unlike the
: hull, I decided to do the deck without staples. I discovered a
: safety issue with masking tape clamping that I had not heard
: mentioned, not even, unbelievably, on this hallowed site of
: kayak building expertise.

: To those male builders whose reproductive years are not yet
: complete, I suggest that, when pulling the roll of tape
: downwards to tighten it onto the strip being glued in place, you
: stand slightly to the side so that you are pulling more toward
: the outside of your hip, than say, toward a more central part of
: your lower anatomy. Pulling straight down rather than to the
: side, I discovered, aims the fist and tape roll at one's private
: parts. If, or rather, when, the tape breaks, the ensuing
: groaning, moaning, and funny posture scares and confuses the
: cat, and the expletives, if one has the breath to generate them,
: can alarm one's spouse, even if she is busily engrossed in
: watching Oprah Winfrey at the other end of the house.

: Be ye warned kayak builders, especially you younger fellows...

: Yours in contemplative stripping,

: Allan Edie

Hi Allan,

LOL...my boat's generally sitting up a bit higher on the building form for this to happen :)

Bill Hl