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Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
By:Don Lucas
Date: 4/25/2002, 7:01 pm
In Response To: Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming (Gini)

: 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 did my Tern per instructions and it worked fine going into breaking one foot
waves on top of 4 foot swells. It also came off for the wet exit. I would say of all the coamings, it is time and looks is the issue.
Great Kayak, Don

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
Re: S&G: Nice Photo Album Paul
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
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Paul R. Johnson -- 4/26/2002, 11:40 am
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
Scott -- 4/25/2002, 10:37 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
jim kozel -- 4/25/2002, 10:26 pm
Re: S&G: Arctic Tern Coaming
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