"Beauty job on those deck side hatch lips/frames. You could probably sell them."

"Or it's probably getting in at that fastener.  Pull it, bore a larger hole, seal that with lifecaulk and a dowel."

""72 hours" is a pretty good rule of thumb for epoxy curing and wait time until subsequent finishes.I was re-reading your comments on having the tackle trays on the sides.  Makes a ton of sense about people leaning..people like to lean…"

"same as the first time--wet the wood with unthickened epoxy, let it soak in, then glass it.If you do multiple layers of glass, do the smallest piece last.  Seems counter-intuitive, but if you lay the biggest piece on the top of the patch,…"

"She looks lovely, Derrick.I'd skip putting liner on the whole thing...IMHO adds unnecessary weight. You'll want to roughen the existing liner pretty good so the new stuff will bond.If the original coating was professionally done, maybe…"

"That's next-level stuff right there.  Awesome."

"Hey Matthew, realize I should have included some photos.Initially had the blocks drilled parallel to the side panels, and they bound on the return stroke.But it gave me some insight to the angle I needed (~15-20°) I couldn't bore them at…"

"those lil ones are awesome. I did one layer of 17oz biax on mine as well.  If I did it again (and when I redo it), I will add a sacrificial layer of either 6-8oz plain weave or some burly woven roving.  The exposed biax threads will…"

"You're super lucky that it went on over hard coats.  It would have been a royal pain if your wood were saturated with uncuring epoxy!!"

"Matthew, I ended up building my lock blocks about 20° in from the angle of the sides.  (Say if my sides were 57° from the floor then the locks ended up at 77°)If you set your lock pins parallel to the sides, the locks will bind…"

"If it’s a cold issue, many epoxies pretty much stop curing below 50°F. In a heated room, if you can get them to 80°F they should be hard in 8 hours. If they’re not hard in 8h, scrape off the previous uncured layer, scuff sand…"

"LAUNCH DAY IS IN SIGHT!!I'm excited for you."

"I'd argue that one could use 1/4" panels for the sides and bulkheads on even a big boat.3/8" decks depending on how much you'll walk on them and how much space between framing supports.  My 1/4" deck is a bit light on…"

"Aaah..didn't realize yours was 3/8.  Mine is all 1/4" and came in at 153#.While I did a good job with glass/tape, yours is cleaner yet, so assumed lighter esp without bow and stern posts."

"Sweet.  What's your guess on finished weight?I'll throw out 145#"

"Awesome awesome.  That thing's gonna be a hoot!One thing I wish I did (but didn't do) was to put my spreaders closer to the bow and stern.  You'll end up with a nice, fair curve like a Mckenzie boat...but I wanted more of a…"