Comments on: Kayak Construction: Wiring the Keel http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/07/kayak-construction-wiring-the-keel Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:06:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Matt Palmer http://blog.xcski.com/2008/06/07/kayak-construction-wiring-the-keel#comment-93349 Matt Palmer Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:30:41 +0000 http://blog.xcski.com/?p=1374#comment-93349 Ian, the wires are a temporary thing to hold the whole thing in the correct shape while the hull seams are glued together "properly". Once that's done, the wires are cut and pulled out, and the whole boat is glassed to buggery and beyond so that the holes are filled and don't let the water in later. (grin) - Matt (dreaming of one day having the space and time to build a Pygmy boat) Ian, the wires are a temporary thing to hold the whole thing in the correct shape while the hull seams are glued together “properly”. Once that’s done, the wires are cut and pulled out, and the whole boat is glassed to buggery and beyond so that the holes are filled and don’t let the water in later. (grin)

- Matt
(dreaming of one day having the space and time to build a Pygmy boat)

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