I built the Pygmy Arctic Tern and found that NOT having a shear clamp was nice because the deck did not have to be forced into its shape. Everyone seems to have a slight mis-match -- the deck on mine wound up about 3/4" wider than the hull -- but just a little strapping tape pulls them together nicely. Dean

> I ve built and used the CLC Cape Charles kayak from plans and feel it is a
> pretty good boat. I feels quite stable initially and has good secondary
> stability due to its flair. In my opinion at stitch and glue technique is
> best suited to a hard chine design. If you wanted a rounded hull a
> stripper technique is better suited. I think aligning all those pannel for
> multi panels stitch and glue without forms would be somewhat difficult.
> Building the CLC style boat is fairly easy. If you buy the kit I believe
> the scarf joints are pre cut sand they are easily glued. I don't see how
> you can get a fair boat with butt joints if the boat is over 16 feet long.
> Cutting your own scarf joints in 1/8 in plywood is difficult but doable.
> The other difficult part on the pygmy design is attaching the inside seam
> of the hull and deck. I think the use of a sheer clamp greatly simplifies
> and strengthens this part and personally would not build a boat without
> this piece.