Nick Schade’s book will answer all your questions. You should buy it.

The tape that I write about is 2 inch wide 6 oz. fiberglass tape. The tape bonds to the inner layer of fiberglass. The seam is then reinforced with 1 inch wide 6 oz. fiberglass tape on the outside. Fiberglass tape is fiberglass sold in rolls like tape, but it’s fiberglass. For the rest of the boat, you want fiberglass cloth, E-glass, not mat. Most builders use 6 oz. e-glass cloth on the outside and inside. I like multiple layers of 3.2 oz. tight weave e-glass.

I did not think you would respond so fast :D Thanks so much. I was wandering if i could lay a 50 or 75mm of fiberglass strip down the center of the inside of the boat to keep it together, i think it will be a significant amount stronger then just masking tape with epoxy, unless there is a reason to use tape. I will leave the area where i do this without fiber glass so it sticks to the timber. Also what type of fiberglass should i use for glassing it. At the marine shop that sells this type of stuff they have a thick fiberglass matting (woven) but it will chew up a lot of resin, is this what i want? I think that is all i need for now but if you don’t mind i might have to pick your brains in the very near future.

Thanks in advance!

I use Nick Schade’s method that he writes about in his Sea Kayak Building Book. If you don’t own that book, buy it before you start your build. I follow his instruction closely, but I do build slightly different at points, and you can read about my methods for joining a kayak’s hull to its deck in my building articles.

I was just wandering what method you use to join the hull to the deck? I have done a research on this but I just wanted to see your opinion. I will almost definitely build this Kayak i just need to make sure I know EXACTLY what I am doing first. Any help would be sooooo appreciated!

Thanks

Good luck and let me know how your build goes.