I have learned to aim for the best results in each part of any job. If I do that I usually come out with a good job in the end. But if I shoot for "good" results, sometimes things come up a little short. I am a carpenter so I'm more used to wood and was just thinking of how my "existing" skills and experience can be used on this project, thus the "doorskin" idea. I am not used to working with epoxy and glass so don't have a working experience with how strong they are. I'm convinced by hearing the #'s of a couple of hundered pounds per square inch for the composite. I also can appreciate your point of the "rigidity" of the ply/strip combination being perhaps incompatable with the "flex" of the rest of the hull, especially at the junction point. I can see there is no need for adding a doorskin now. I will glass only and add "strategic" second layers of same as required. Thanks Paul. I read you other answer to me about 6 oz. cloth on another thread and I owe you another one there :-) It is a lot of help to get these things straigth in my mind by "talking" them over !!

Arthur