what I sould have mentined is the deck is flat with a flange that raps around the hall downward and the hall is rounded where it meets the deck. So - I have a round surface meeting a flat surface and I want to get as good a bond as possible. Will one layer of glass saturated with epoxie be enough? Its not possible to use clamps on the inside only the outside. Of course we never have enough clamps...do we....

> Without actually seeing it's hard to say, but I think the rivets
> would be stronger. Can you just use clamps on the inside and straps
> around the boat outside? If you use the rivets, use aluminum rivets,
> drill them out, and then fill the holes for looks. You probably won't
> need all of the rivets, you can put a fender washer on each end of
> the rivet to distribute clamping forces.