: You won't believe how strong the hull and coaming is. Once you
: glass the lip on, it's incredibly strong.

: Bulkhead: I stripped one too. Despite 6oz glass in and out, my
: weight (same as yours) on the rear deck flexed the deck enough
: to compress the bulkhead. I had stripped it horizontally and
: used something like silicone (can't remember what it was, but
: something a little flexible). Anyway, the bulkhead broke under
: the compression force (since it was only stripped and epoxy seal
: coated - so it would have had virtually no strength to oppose a
: vertical compression force).

: Admittedly I'm not one to treat her like an egg shell. But when I
: do the repair I'm going to strip it vertically.

: Cheers Ian

If the bulkhead had been glassed on both sides the orientation of the strips wouldn't matter. Not enough glue area on strips used plain without glass to have much strength. Even a 1/4" thick piece of solid wood would be pretty weak.

Bill H.