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All work will stop once winter comes since there is no option for moving the boat to an indoor workshop, i just don't have one ( one reason this project has taken so long). The goal now is to hopefully finish the following before it gets too cold to work

1. remove the remaining foam
2. weigh the hull
3. refoam the hull
4. reattach the floor
5. flip the boat
6. prep for gelcoat

I doubt I will get to spray the gelcoat, unless I get lucky and get 1-4 done in a single weekend. I have about a month of good mid 70's weather to get all the repairs and prep done and still have the right temps to shoot gelcoat. (that's calendar time, not actual work time) There is the potential to do the prep and the gelcoat spray all in a single weekend. I could possibly do both in a single day. Prep is really down to sanding the hull smooth from the mildly successfully gelcoat application last fall and then redoing the application.

Based on the foam discussions, all weight calculations are going to be off and unreliable. There is no way to determine how much the foam should weigh so the fiberglass and foam could be subtracted from the total weight to determine the remaining water. Even my calculation of 50# of water remaining is suspect because I was using 2# foam weights and estimating volume.

Time to estimate and order 4# foam for the floor. I also plan to order mold making rubber so I can practice making a mold of the non-skid.