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I just pushed the panels together tightly to make sure they were flush up against each other, then weighted them down with bricks to make sure they didn't move. I think I pushed them together one more time with the weight on them to be double sure. Mine fit together beautifully.
Mark
> Pygmy is closed and I have a question for those who have built the Tern. I
> have built their Coho (great boat!) - In this boat panels were aligned for
> (before glueing butt joints) by various measurments made perpendicular to
> the long axis of the panel along a strait line. (great idea in my book).
> They do not use this concept in the Tern (and would only apply for s3 and
> s4 panels as the other two have a strait edge to guide.) Does anyone have
> these measurments? - or does it not matter?. (my concern being a small
> variation at a narrow butt joint of 3s panel would be bad new 8 feet later
> on the ends. Hope this request "measures up" to this site (first
> time user!) Tom
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