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Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
By:Gini
Date: 4/25/2002, 6:34 pm
In Response To: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming (Paul R. Johnson)

Paul, I didn't like the sharp edge on the Pygmy coamings either. I rounded them over by sanding them, which worked fine. I did it after putting the fiberglass on, but you could probably do it before glassing.

If you don't want the coaming to be so thin (I didn't, because I my tie down points for my straps sometimes end up across the coamings, especially on my Osprey double), you can get a second top coaming piece from Pygmy for about $10. I laminated two together and rounded the coaming with sandpaper. With the double thickness, I probably could have used my router with a shallow roundover bit, especially if I had gone ahead and glued it on the to kayak first (via gluing it to the lower coaming).

: I'm close to finishing the construction of a Pygmy Arctic Tern. The coaming
: seems to both have a quite large overhang and be quite sharp (it's made
: from a single 3/16" (?) piece of plywood). What have other people
: done with this?

: Should I just leave it as is? Trim it back and round it off? Other?

: ---Paul

Messages In This Thread

S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Paul R. Johnson -- 4/25/2002, 5:15 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Mike Mulligan -- 4/27/2002, 3:02 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Paul R. Johnson -- 4/28/2002, 1:12 am
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Chip Sandresky -- 4/26/2002, 1:12 pm
Re: S&G: Nice Photo Album Paul
Paul R. Johnson -- 4/26/2002, 3:55 pm
Free hosting that works on a KBBS; the catch is... *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 4/26/2002, 4:32 pm
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LeeG -- 4/26/2002, 4:19 pm
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Paul R. Johnson -- 4/28/2002, 1:15 am
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
LeeG -- 4/26/2002, 12:24 pm
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Paul R. Johnson -- 4/26/2002, 11:40 am
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Scott -- 4/25/2002, 10:37 pm
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jim kozel -- 4/25/2002, 10:26 pm
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LeeG -- 4/25/2002, 7:46 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Gini -- 4/25/2002, 6:34 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Don Lucas -- 4/25/2002, 7:01 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Grambo -- 4/25/2002, 5:51 pm