: All my boats have one layer of glass on the inside and outside of
: the vertical riser (small strips of wood) wrapping under and
: onto the deck, and then once the lip is laminated and glued in
: place with thickened epoxy, I then run another layer of 4 oz.
: glass on top of the lip, down the inside and under the deck. For
: this I cut two strips of bias cut glass and also cut it in a
: slight arc. With the two pieces butted front and back, I have no
: trouble getting it to conform to the compound curve.

: May be overkill, but I have to warranty my work.

: Just to show you how strong it is, I am currently repairing a
: customers kayak that came off the roof of his car on a major
: highway. He was in an accident in which he rear ended another
: car. They exchanged info and then he drove off, unaware that the
: mounts for his roof racks had come loose from the impact. When
: he got home, his whole rack was gone, He drove back to find his
: stripper and his SOF still attached to the roof racks on the
: side of the highway. No one witnessed the kayaks flying off and
: he was very lucky not to have caused a major pile up. But all
: that was damaged was the coaming lip and the very tips of the
: kayak. A little sanding, some more epoxy and another layer of
: glass and know one will know. I cut off the ends of the kayak
: and attached blocks of hardwood with some more glass and resin.
: Looks like they were supposed to be there.

He didn't notice the kayak blowing off his car??!!

Bill H.