The Shearwater 17 Hybrid kit comes with all 4oz glass.

If I go for the lightweight layup as described in Nick Schade's book, by eliminating the 2nd layer on the bottom panels, what is the real weight savings?

I was also thinking of lining the cockpit area with carbon or a carbon/kevlar blend (just for looks) but I have read that it takes more epoxy to saturate carbon, which sounds like an increase in weight, is this significant?

My goal is to have my boat be as close to 40lbs as possible.

Mike