: Thanks for the responses.
: The garage will have to convert from boat building to car parking
: by the time the rough weather hits. I'm leery about having to
: rush into things I have never done before, like fiberglassing.
: If I can get the stripping done soon enough I might take the
: plunge. (hull finished, deck 75%)

: A thing I'm curious about is where in the sequence does cutting out
: the cockpit fall - before glassing the deck or after? In his
: book Nick does it before, but in other instructional material
: Ive seen it is done after. Is there a preference?

: Sherm

I can't imagine cutting out the cockpit before it's glassed. The glued strips are fairly strong but not anywhere near as strong as after it's glassed. The only reasonable way to cut it out would be with a sabre saw and the vibration using one wouldn't be a good thing on an unglassed deck.

Bill H.