Tony, if the exterior is glassed with 6oz cloth you might consider eliminating tape and just putting in 6oz cloth on the bottom panels to about an inch above the fillets. Using 3"wide 9oz tape is one easy operation but the tape often develops bubbles with prominant edges and still leaves unreinforced the cockpit area. There are lots of s&g hard chine hulls with only 3" tape but if you're averaged size and use the boat a lot then glassing the cockpit is a necessity in my book. If the cockpit is getting glass then dealing with all those raised/rough selvated edges in the tape still requires time and effort. What I've done with tape is allowed the fillet to get firm then I'd lay the tape down. It just seems that by the time a person puts in tape AND associated cloth that a lot of the tape is redundant and if cloth isn't put on the panels in the compartments then those unreinforced panels are obviously prone to developoing cracks with the 9oz tape at the fillets. If cloth is put in and further reinforcent was desired then strips of 4oz cloth would be more than enough on top of the 6oz for a LOT less weight and mess.