Howdy-
Just finished rebuilding my old cockpit coaming. I am happy and surprised how easy it was. I'll paint it camo to match the rest of the boat this afternoon. My good friend Joe with Placid Boatworks (awesome canoes!!!) threw a 7' piece of 1"x1" foam at me to play with. Well guess what, it worked! I cut all the old wood off and glued the foam down, glassed over it a few times and bam, new cockpit. I am very excited to get my hands on my new D17 this winter and put a whole new cockpit coaming on her. I have some ideas about fastening a 1"x3" piece of foam to the lip the wood was fastened to and shaping and glassing over it. I'll see.....
All the best.