Hey Greg,

I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that I will glass the lip after stacking the strips.

I think a horizontally wider, vertically thinner coaming lip holds a sprayskirt better than a horizontally narrower, vertically thicker coaming lip.

I plan to be able to lift my boat by the coaming too.

Thanks for catching my omission--I don't want people to think that you can make a strong enough thin lip out of unglassed wood--that's probably asking for trouble.

Shawn

: I used 4 ply's of 1/8" ash, 5/8" high,only the vertical strips are
: glassed. Without a doubt, overbuilt but I can pick the boat up by the
: coaming ring. I tried to pick up a friends fiberglass boat the same way,
: before I could clear the ground, I could hear the glass cracking.

: Greg