Hey:

I'm only a few steps behind you on my Gentry Disko Bay. I went with the plywood coaming because I was too lazy to do the laminated. But in hindsight the laminated would've been less work and cheaper. C'est la vie!!

Here's a link to my blog entry:

http://justyakkin2.blogspot.com/2011/08/things-are-coaming-along.html

I'm going with a baseplate and stanchions but will be sewing the skin to the coaming. I have not decided if I will let the coaming simply rest on the baseplate or whether I'll peg it down.

You're going to need at least 1/2" of a lip to hold your skirt. On the two boats I've built, mine are about 5/8 and they hold great.

Sean

: Here's where I'm at with my Gentry Disko Bay Kayak. I have skinned
: and put one coat of paint on the skin, entirely covering the
: boat (ie no holes in the skin for the coaming). I painted it in
: the hope that the weave wouldn't pull out when I sewed on the
: coaming.

: The coaming is laminated fir, and I am going to install a 1/4 inch
: lip. How much should the lip extend beyond the coaming to have a
: good grip on the skirt?

: Once the coaming is done, I was going to drill holes in it and
: stitch it directly to the skin. I was under the impression that
: the greenlanders only attached their coaming to the skin, not
: directly to the frame. So I left out any stanchions.

: Seeing where I am at right now, does anyone recommend a technique
: for attaching the coaming? My idea was to put it directly onto
: the skin in the cockpit area, resting on top of the middle two
: frames. I would then cut a hole to about an inch of the inside
: the coaming, and sew the skin to the inside of the coaming and
: paint to waterproof. Are there any problems with this that I am
: not anticipating?