: Beautiful work John. I am ready to glass the outside seam of my own
: Gillemot kayak and am wondering what weight and how many layers
: you used and how easy it was to blend in the edges before
: varnish. Any thoughts or references to archives would be great.
: Thanks, Mark

I made a lot of use of Rob Macks book and the pair of books by Nick Shade. The boat is 4 oz cloth with an extra layer of same on the hull bottom. I used 3 in wide, 9 oz tape for the inside seam and the keel. I used 2 inch wide, 9 oz on the outside seam. Feathering in the selvedge was easiest if started in the green state with a sharp carving gouge (I have a nice Pfeil, Swiss Made 25 mm #4 sweep gouge available from Woodcraft.) I used cabinet scrapers as much as possible (I have about 2 dozen Swedish-type cabinet scrapers and the WoodRiver Deluxe Scraper set.) Then ROS with 80 grit and 120 grit for the external surfaces. The internal surfaces ended up a bit rougher, but I was pretty careful not to have any sharp egges to snag fabric stuff sacks, that I might stuff into the hatches (I plan to use the boat for camping.) For sanding the inner extents of the bow and stern I took a 1 1/8" diameter closet rod and hot glued "Pool Noodle" foam and glued 100 grit sandpaper to it.