: Thanks for the posting.

: Pete

: PS. Sounds like I will be glassing the cockpit and then putting the coaming
: on.

Pete, Having just finished the same step on my Expedition. I will say, I prefer the glass the deck first approach. Last week I asked about the coaming laminations and got some great ideas. I recut my laminations to 5/16"X 1/8" from the 1/2" wide ones I had originally cut. This was the width Ross said he used. To make things go easier, I installed one lamination per day. I cold bent the strips around the coaming (dry) and made one butt joint one each strip. I let the strip stay clamped for an hour or so, removed the clamps and reinstalled it with the thickened epoxy and lots of clamps alternating one c-clamp and one spring clamp. I cleaned off excess epoxy and waited till the next day to do it all over again. It took 5 days to get my 5/8" coaming lip but they are all even and gap free.

Larry C.