Thanks for all the supportive stories and suggestions. A little sanding and epoxy painting was what I had in mind, so I'm glad to hear that you all agree. It was one of those life lessons, but only a minor one.

I'll just have to accellerate my plans for building a new workshop. It's long overdue, and it will give me a place to work on some new boat projects as well...

Mark

: Mark, ah man...bad luck, BUT GO EASY ON YOURSELF! Your yak is pretty strong
: and I think you missed serious damage however, in my mind you need to
: re-do the epoxy then refinish the area. Any soft, compressible areas?
: cracks?

: Hey, we had a "almost" situtaion a while back that I'll post on the
: BBS. Lessons are learned...

: hang in there laddie, it could've been worse!