> I've heard you (Lee) suggest several times ,,,,

not only do I need to be told something about 5 times before it sinks in ,appears to go the other way before i've heard myself!

the back deck on the LT isn't bent very much so I see no problem compared to the North Bay,,,Don't want to try it with cured resin on the front though. You mentioned reinforcement right at the bulkhead? sounds unneccessary, between bulkhead and hatch reinforcement sounds like enough. one of these days I'm going build a boat with "just enough" in the right places