# Skerry Gains

**URL:** <https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288>\
**Category:** Builder's Forum\
**Created:** [June 25, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288 "2016-06-25T10:22:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Erik\_Dykema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Erik\_Dykema](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Erik_Dykema)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288/1 "2016-06-25T10:22:00Z")

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Hello-

Getting started on a Skerry kit, strakes finger joints are glued up, instructions now say to cut gains into the strake ends where they join. &nbsp;However, I notice that my strakes have notches cut into them, on the ends of the rabbets, that don't appear in the drawings. &nbsp;Are these notches for the same purpose, and is it unnecessary to cut the gains?

Erik

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**Author:** ![David\_Gammel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@David\_Gammel](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/David_Gammel)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288/2 "2016-06-25T11:48:21Z")

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My kit came with a few supplemental pages of instructions that address updates to the kit, including those notches. If I recall correctly, the notches need a bit of filing but not as much as you would do for the gains without them.&nbsp;

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**Author:** ![Robert\_Whitehurst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Robert\_Whitehurst](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Robert_Whitehurst)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288/3 "2016-06-25T15:50:03Z")

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&nbsp; &nbsp;I bought my skerry kit about 2 years ago, finishing it this past winter. &nbsp;Don't ask, I'm slow. :-)

Anyway, they had made several changes/improvements in the kit and the documentation was lagging behind somewhat. &nbsp;One change was the addition of the cutouts on the bow and stern ends of the strakes. &nbsp;I cut all the gains per the manual without really examining the implications of the notches. &nbsp;I didn't really need to cut them, and CLC verified that indeed the manual addressed the previous version. &nbsp;Good news was, the ends pulled up together very easily. Bad news was that I'd shaved them to the point that I had no overlap between them at the cutouts. &nbsp;Good news was, epoxy filled with silica and wood flour is a great gap filler and by the time you get some 'glass over it, all was well.

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**Author:** ![Marley\_Cusick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Marley\_Cusick](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Marley_Cusick)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-gains/44288/4 "2025-09-17T18:45:31Z")

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I’m trying to build a skerry raid currently, an my panels do not have the notches cut out. Is anyone able to tell me how bit the notches are so I can cut them myself? Seems easier then trying to cut the gains in