One advantage to doing the outer glassing all at once is that you minimize the amount of time that only outer surface is glassed. After one side is sealed, you need to try to limit temperature and humidity changes so your hull won't deform or split due to uneven moisture evaporation or absorption.

Ross

> Is there any good reason not to completely finish glassing the hull before
> one turns the whole structure over and strips the deck. Nick's book has us
> striping the deck first and then fiberglassing the whole kayak at once.
> I'm nearly through stripping a Great Auk hull and would like to know if I
> shouldn't do this. Earl