> I built a Pygmy Osprey a few years ago and used the Pygmy-supplied wire on the hull. However, for the deck, I used Brass wire of a little bigger gage (still fit the 1/16" hole) and left it in the deck. It was relatively easy to sand, and also fairly easy to tape over on the underside of the deck. I also tried to use brass screws on the coaming (instead of the 10 clamps required) but ended up later pulling the screws and re-drilling and bunging the holes. I do like the visual effect of both...the brass in the deck, and the end grain of the bungs in the coaming.

I am currently wiring together a Coho hull. Although I was originally put
> off by the pre-rusted wire supplied in the kit, this wire is very easy to
> work with,and will come out later on anyway. While you have to pay
> attention when trimming the fiberglass butt joints, the panels spring into
> position very easily, with little tension required on the 'stitching.' The
> panel fits are impressive - so far I haven't seen a visible panel gap -
> and no need to apply pressure on the wires to close up any joints. Hope
> this helps.