: A customer recently brought an old gunning boat to me for repair.
Eric,

You might want to ask the question to the folks at either the Woodenboat BB or the WCHA BB (if you haven't already).

With W/C canoes, and probably all wood boats, putting on a layer of glass/epoxy generally is viewed as the "kiss of death" to the boat, causing the wood to prematurely rot and mechanical damage as the wood expands and contracts. If this is actually a rare boat, you might not want to do it.

Dan

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: It was strip built perhaps 1930 vintage, needless to say no epoxy was used
: just nails. It has steam bent oak ribs and cedar strip planking.

: The customer wants me to epoxy-fiberglass the hull to make it watertight.
: there are large cracks between the very dry planks and some gouges and
: rot. I will need to fill (with thickened epoxy) the cracks etc before
: glassing.