Started off with gluing in the backing blocks for the hull to deck joint screws in the remainder of the transom.
Then I tried to finish the glass work on the Starboard side, but the first layer of mat did not want to play along and decided to peel off the core just as I finished wetting it out. Once it is wet you can not do anything with it, the binder no longer holds it together....so you end up with glob of wet fibers.
Still had resin mixed up so on to the next section which was the Starboard corner at the stern.
I decided to use mat and roving instead of the combo cloth I have been using on the flat areas. The mat and riving are far easier to work into complex shapes.
The glass is about 3/8" thick around the opening for the stairs now. I added another 3 layers of mat and 3 layers of roving here.
Here is one of those complex shapes I was talking about. This one is where the corner meets the top lip of the hull. The whitish area at the upper right side is the cut out for the steps.
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