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I am building a 14' power skiff from the plans at glen-l.com. I have
stiched the boat and start to apply the fillet. My question is when
should I
remove or try to remove the wire holding the boat together? Is the fillet
strong enough to hold the boat together or should I wait until I apply the
fiber glass to the seams? Just wondering when I should remove the wire.

Some people leave the wires in; I pulled them after the initial epoxy set in
the outside joint.

In their construction manual, Pygmy Boats has you fill the gap in the
outside of the joint with a bead of epoxy. After that sets (12-24 hours),
the wires can be snipped and pulled. Then the fillets are put in the inside
of the joint, and the glass cloth is put over the outside.

The initial bead of epoxy will hold the joint together while you're
finishing the fillets and glass.

I'm sure there are other ways of doing it...