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Hey everyone! My name is Paul and I'm a high school senior in Greenville, SC. To graduate, we have to complete a senior project and I chose to build a beautiful Chesapeake 16. I ran into a major problem...i think. Last weekend I put the deck on and this weekend I was getting ready to trim the deck overhang but then i realized the deck started to separate and form a crack in between the deck and side panel/sheer clamp. The epoxy mixed with cab-o-sil apparently didn't hold or something. But it was only at the aft deck. So what do i do? (the last thing I want is a kayak that doesn't float for my senior project)
Thanks
Paul
3 replies:
RE: Deck Installation...help!!
It's really small...maybe 1/16 in and almost 3/4 of the way down the aft deck on both sides. It's not a crack in the wood, it's just a separation of the joint where the deck panel and side panels meet. Should I go ahead and trim the overhang and sand everything down then put some epoxy mixed with cab-o-sil in the openings?
RE: Deck Installation...help!!
My guess would be to fill it in with epoxy and wood flour. Looks better. To be on the safe side wait a day for more advice if I am wrong. But that is what I have done to my boats. I've seen pics of pro built yaks that are filled in too.
Kim
RE: Deck Installation...help!!
» Submitted by MrKim - Sat, 1/31/09 » 3:04 PM
How big of a crack? Lenght and width? Got a pic?