New Year's Eve 2008

Finished laying out the deck, removed most of the staples and completed an initial sanding.  It's a fairly rough job and I have a little filling to do, then some more sanding...but I'll be ready to begin glassing before long.

I'll have to decide whether to lay down a coat of epoxy before adding glass, or do it in one step, using a plastic squeegee to work the epoxy through the glass, as I did the Outer Island.  

Also have to decide on a lay-up, probably 6 oz. glass on the hull, doubled up under the keel and "football", and 4 oz. glass on the deck, doubled up behind the cockpit and where the hatches will be cut.  Progress.........Happy New Year!