# Coaming problems

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [August 13, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480 "2014-08-13T13:46:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rob\_Carlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Rob\_Carlon](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Rob_Carlon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480/1 "2014-08-13T13:46:04Z")

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I have glued the risers to the deck&nbsp; When I clamp the coaming rim down on top of the risers the inside edges of the risers and the coaming do not match,&nbsp; At the front and rear of the coaming&nbsp;the risers protrude into the cockpit opening by about 1/8 of an inch on each end.&nbsp; On&nbsp;the inside of the cockpit, the coaming rim overhangs the risers by about 3/16 of an inch&nbsp;on both sides.&nbsp;

What did I do wrong?&nbsp;&nbsp;Woudl it be best&nbsp;to full the overhang with epoxy/ wood four, or cut it&nbsp;off and have&nbsp;the cockpit rim be narrower on either side than at the front and rear?&nbsp;

Or alternatively cut the risers of the boat, scrap them and the wooden rim, &nbsp;with and build a carbon fiber coaming instead,

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**Author:** ![Rob\_Carlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Rob\_Carlon](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Rob_Carlon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480/2 "2014-08-13T14:33:37Z")

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The kayak I am building is a Chesapeake&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![John\_C\_Harris](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/forum.clcboats.com/john_c_harris/32/760_2.png) [@John\_C\_Harris](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/John_C_Harris)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480/3 "2014-08-13T15:02:16Z")

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The Chesapeake kayak's cockpit coaming is laminated to a cambered deck. &nbsp;You get some "stair-stepping" of the parts as you glue them on. &nbsp;Pages 134-139 in the instruction manual illustrate how to deal with this. &nbsp;You'll sand the "stair steps" off, and Bob's yer uncle:

![Wooden Kayak Cockpit Coaming](http://www.clcboats.com/images/Cockpit_Coaming_Shaping.jpg)Of course, a carbon fiber coaming would look cool, too.

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**Author:** ![Rob\_Carlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Rob\_Carlon](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Rob_Carlon)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/coaming-problems/42480/4 "2014-08-13T16:17:41Z")

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My&nbsp;manual&nbsp; Version 2.0 dated 2/2002 (my kit was shipped over a decade ago)&nbsp;does not have the above&nbsp;diagram in it, nor does it&nbsp;say anything about the stair-stepping of the parts&nbsp;so&nbsp;&nbsp;I just glued&nbsp;the risers right&nbsp;on top of one another leaving a small V-shaped gap&nbsp;at each end that I was planning to just&nbsp;fill with epoxy/wood flour before&nbsp;glueing the cockpit rim on.&nbsp; I just assumed this was the correct way to install it.

I guess I am just going to cut the rim down so it is even with the risers and see how it looks.&nbsp;&nbsp;