I usually make my coaming vertical, but I have leaned the ends out. If you start with the front strips leaned forward, the sides strips will also be leaned forward. If you want to have the whole coaming flared outward, you will need to use somewhat tapered strips. Imagine the strips to cover a cone. They would all need to taper to a point. You probably don't need to taper every strip, just one every once in a while. Nick

> I'am also wondering if the vertical part of the coaming should be vertical
> to the waterline or if its OK to have the upright parts of the coaming
> leaning outwards abit, in other words if I just glued in these pieces at a
> right angles to the deck (especially at the sides) my coaming uprights
> will be facing outbound instead of striaght up and down. Does it Matter?
> Thanks in advance for any help I can get on this one. Wayne Bergman