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S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
By:Gregory
Date: 6/28/2002, 4:03 pm

I am in the proces of attaching deck to hull on my Tern 14 and have questions about the Pygmy process of filleting and taping the inside shear seam. Is this method reliable (poking a 6 1/2 foot stick into the bow and stern recesses and blindly injecting epoxy) as compared to the shear clamp used by CLC? CLC literature (admittedly biased) seems to indicate that they belive the Pygmy technique is unreliable and time consuming as compared to theirs.

Will my Pygmy be capable of rough conditions if I simply attach the deck as instructed?

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S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
Gregory -- 6/28/2002, 4:03 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
joaquin -- 6/29/2002, 4:39 am
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Keith Marsh -- 7/1/2002, 4:53 pm
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LeeG -- 7/1/2002, 5:40 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
joaquin -- 6/29/2002, 4:38 am
a "joint" perspective
Paul G. Jacobson -- 6/29/2002, 12:47 am
Re: S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
jimkozel -- 6/28/2002, 10:03 pm
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LeeG -- 6/28/2002, 5:03 pm
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canary -- 6/28/2002, 4:48 pm
Re: Self leveling
LeeG -- 6/28/2002, 5:06 pm
Re: S&G: Pygmy or CLC Deck Attachment Method
mike allen -- 6/28/2002, 4:33 pm