: Hatch openings sure make this part of the building of a kayak easier!

: I used a similar rig, but I rigged PVC fittings to the syringe, and inserted
: the fittings into a longer PVC pipe, that was big enough for me to insert
: a smaller diameter PVC pipe into it in order to depress the syringe. It
: was still a messy process, and it helped if the Epoxy was on the runny
: side, and if the boat was turned on it's side in order for the
: "gobbledy goop" or "gooply smutchs" (or whatever Mr.
: Schade writes in his book) to run "down hill into the crevace. It
: also helped to have the exterior of the seam taped so the smuts wouldn't
: drool out of the crevace.

: I don't see a way around that, except to build a canoe instead of a kayak.

: Cruz, W.F.

Easier way, use short sheerstrakes to attach the ends, the rest you can fairly easily tape from the cockpit/hatch openings. The ones I used were about 24" long.

Just because there are two separate ways to attach a deck doesn't mean you can't have a mixture of the two

Bill H.