: anyway nice boat, ted. what kind of clarity or what kind of difficulty would
: it have been if the 2 lyrs of sglass had been left clear?

Actually the wood under clear unpainted glass looked good and I paddled it a bit that way. Some were aghast that I painted it, but I took little effort to arrange strips in a nice graphic pattern. From a woodworking standpoint it was a bit plain. My King has the same glass, but only one layer. It looks better than many, but it's hard stuff to work with and takes a big effort to get wet out. With two layers the clarity is fine. It's the fine weaves propensity for hanging onto micro bubbles that causes problems. I spent a lot of time with a heat gun in one hand and squegee in the other. I have small patches of bubbles here and there that show up when the light hits them just right. Of course you have to be up close to see them. And I did not work the issue as hard knowing paint was in the future. Inside the hull with only one layer I think most people would agree that the glass looks fine. One issue is trying to make the stiff cloth bend around a tight radius. I have an area like that where the recess is closest to the hull. Try as I might the glass would lift a bit and produce a few bubbles. I filled a couple of the largest ones and let the smaller ones be hidden by paint. It was not a structural issue. The hull is about a solid as a glass pop bottle.