Kayak Building

So I put the new stripped deck on my Northbay this week.  I used thickened epoxy but couldn't do tape at the same time and I have now glassed the deck outside with about a 2 inch overlap of the rail.  I narrowed the sheer strips from the original stitch and glue build down to about a 1/4 inch and was intending to tape the inside seam.  At this point, I'd like to put her in the water for a couple test runs before finalizing everything.  

Thoughts on whether or not my mods to the sheer seam will present any issues if I don't put the inside tape on first?

FrankP

More info at: http://www.kayakforum.com/meet.html

In the old forum there was an announcement of a meet up at Holland State park. 

Is it still on?

Where will the meet be?

If it is on I plan to bring my Spring Run for a few hours Saturday morning.

With immediate apologies - I'm sure this has been addressed perhaps multiple times before.

But can anyone point me to a simplified list of step-by-step instructions in building a strip-built kayak?  For example, I just completed stripping the hull of my Petrel.  And was trying to remember - do I pull the staples, sand and glass the hull, before stripping the deck?

Thanks in advance!

For some reason, I see a lot of words at the ends of lines in posts are split with one letter "ophaned" at the end or beginning of a line. It makes reading posts tedious. Is there any way to eliminate this?

Rosalie R. Collins – a kayaker born a suburb of Chicago, Arlington Heights, has spent most of my youth time to conquer the strange destinations, Clifden, Florida, Alaska, etc. I never think that I will stop my journeys.

Has anyone ever heard of this kayak maker? I know it’s old but can’t find any information on it. From what I was told it sat in condo storage since 79’ until 2016 when I acquired it. 

Reed Chill Cheater Aquatherm Touring Cag/Dry top XXL

http://r.ebay.com/xt76lS

https://www.chillcheater.com/dry-cags/aquatherm-touring-cag

I'm guessing the technique forum hasn't carried over to the new platform? Anyhow, I'll ask my question here on the builder's forum - there's sure to be some knowledge here.

I searched the archives and couldn't find any old posts about this, so I'll give some background... Sometime around 2001/2002 I built a Chesapeake Light Craft Northbay.  I paddled it very happily for a few years but had a few changes I wanted to make.  Sometime around 2007 I ripped the deck off and started a strip deck and some other modifications.  Then we had a couple of kids and I put the kayak up in the garage for a whole bunch of years.