> By way of clarification... I thought that the butt joints on Pygmy boats
> were backed up with a small piece of plywood on the face which will be
> inside the finished boat and that you then glassed both sides of the
> joint. Do they no longer do it that way?

You butt them together & glas both sides of the joint. After assembly, you add 2", 3" , & 4" glass lamination over the joint on the inside.

-chris