All I can say is WOW! I went to the defender showroom and they have rolls and rolls and rolls of every kind, weight and size of fiberglass available. Their showroom is about 30 minutes from my house, a pleasant drive. I got a 50 yard roll of 2" tape for $22. Same as Noahs, and they also had the whole West Systems line of products. It was like a mecca.

I also picked up a can of West Systems 405 Filleting Blend filler for $9.29. Now I can stitch my panels together today and epoxy the inside, and fillet and tape my seams in the morning, so I better go now and get to it!

Thanks for the input.

> Have you tried Defender?

> Connecticut is a big state, and I have no idea if they are close to you,
> but they ARE in that state.

> Online, try looking at their catalog, which has far more items than their
> "online store".

> http://www.defenderus.com/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi?cart_id =

> Check out the "deal" they offer: $10 yards of lightweight glass
> cloth for either $5 or $7.50 ( depends on where you read it) if you buy a
> gallon of resin form them. At 50 to 75 cents a yard this is certainly a
> great price for a light weight fabic for covering paddles, or a thin
> "skin" of glass over the hull of a stitch and glue design. I
> have no idea what the actual fabric weight is, but if it is really thin
> stuff, you just put on a couple of layers. You can cover a lot of paddles
> with 10 yards of glass fabric!

> Hope this helps.

> Paul G. Jacobson