Short beads of thickened epoxy are applied to all the joints in the boat to hold it together and allow removal of the wire stitches.  After the stitches, epoxy fillets will be applied to all the joints, both for strength and to make sure there are no gaps allowing water infiltration.

Near the bow, the bottom panels did not quite reach the side panels.  I have used a bar clamp to bring them together and am hoping the epoxy beads will hold them in place until I get the fillets in and fiberglass applied to the outside.  If they don't hold, I'll clamp them back together and apply strips of fiberglass and epoxy to the insides of the joints.