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I often use Western Red Cedar for decks because it's light and beautiful. WRC is fairly soft, but the deck is somewhat protected and doesn't get too beat up.
But it's prone to splitting. Therefore I've been installing carbon pins that run through the deck and both inner gunwales. The pin is a .250" carbon fibre tube that's epoxied in-- I use a long drill bit in a drilling jig, and drill holes for 3 pins in each deck.
Here's a photo showing the longest pin through the deck and inner gunwales on a Kevlar Caribou S pre-Clipper.
But it's prone to splitting. Therefore I've been installing carbon pins that run through the deck and both inner gunwales. The pin is a .250" carbon fibre tube that's epoxied in-- I use a long drill bit in a drilling jig, and drill holes for 3 pins in each deck.
Here's a photo showing the longest pin through the deck and inner gunwales on a Kevlar Caribou S pre-Clipper.
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