Hello all,

Just spent the better part of the day laying down the last of the exterior glass on my boat, thought I would share some pics, as well as a few observations.

A folded piece of the weave I used for the chine edge.

A scrap piece of cut glass used on the sides and bottom.

I have 2 layers of cut glass on the exterior sides,

6 layers of cut glass on the bottom &

2 layers of the weave & 6 layers of cut glass on the exterior chine

On the bow stem, 6 layers of cut glass and 2 layers of weave.

The fact I can still see the screws in the bow stem amazes me.

there must be 1/2" of glass and resin covering it.

Again, there are 6 layers of cut glass on the bottom.

Me about 3 hours into a 7 hour day laying up glass.

(before the poly fumes really started to get to me, or after, I really can't remember anymore)

Although I realized I have a BIG A** boat. 18' gunwale, 16'9" bowstem to transom, and a 56.5" bottom. That is a lot of surface area for 1 guy to lay up in an afternoon.

Today I put on 1 layer of glass on the sides, 1 layer of weave on the chine's, and 3 layers on the bottom.

I hope everyone else is having as much fun as I am.

And I literally could NOT do this without all of the help and advice given on this and the montana riverboats site.

Thanks all.

I should be turning the boat over on sunday, so get ready for a lot of questions on how to build the inside....

Thanks again.

Greg