: If the wood at your seam gets a bit thin, you might compensate by
: adding a bit of extra glass on the inside of the seam. You could
: also, before planing the joint fair on the outside, add some
: extra wood on the inside to increase the thickness. Extra
: thickness of wood will add strength more efficiently than extra
: glass on very thin wood will. As long as the original outside
: strips are not planed all the way through, the extra wood on the
: inside will be an invisible fix (at least from the outside). You
: can taper the inside wood down to nothing outside the area where
: the extra wood is required, and put a layer or two of glass over
: it to tie in the structural contribution.

: If your strips are only 3/16" thick, there will not be much
: left after you remove 1/8". If they are 1/4", perhaps
: extra glass will do the job. In any case, with care, your
: oversight should have no significant effect on the fine kayak
: you will end up with.

: Good luck,

: Allan Edie

I think the deck is too wide, so he's planing the edge of the deck reducing the width of the strips, not the thickness.

Bill H.