Last summer I built a Chesapeake 17 but I ran out of time and decided that taking it to Canada and using it was more important than putting on the final finish coats. Almost a year later I still have a boat with no protection for the epoxy. The boat has been exposed to direct sun for some of that period and it appears that the epoxy over a portion of the deck has degraded. It has turned bare wood color, but it still appears to have some epoxy covering. I want to prepare the boat for paddling this summer, but I'm not sure what to do. Should I take it down to bare wood or should I sand the epoxy and go for a final finish.

Thanks for any help.

Jim