: John,

: In addition to trapped dust, there is another possible explanation for white
: patches. If the epoxy is soft enough, scraping or sanding can result in
: smearing rather than cutting, or the generation of very small voids
: (perhaps even unbonding of glass fibers). When this has happened to me,
: waiting for a bit more cure has allowed the white areas to be scraped or
: sanded off.

: When do we get to see more pictures?

: Sam

Hi Sam,

I think you are right also in that I got a smear from working a too soft epoxy. I have had so many things go wrong on the haul that I am almost ashamed to show pictures. But of course I will later on. I will probably take the haul and deck apart tomorrow and start scraping and sanding the insides and fiberglassing. I would like to post pictures of the built in fiberglassed foam flotation as I put it in, then building my special coaming if it works and finally my side, inside storage compartments that I hope to demonstrate as working for a safe self rescue floation.

John