I had the very same question after I forgot to do the end pours and glued on the deck! I felt that I could always stand the boat up on end later and fill the ends through the hatches if the need came up, but until then, my boat will remain at least 1 lb lighter.

> I know this has been asked before, but what do end pours really do? In the
> persuit of saving weight, what would be wrong with laminating a structural
> foam like west's "westcore", shaping it to fit the ends and
> epoxying it in place?

> Larry C.