Well, yes .... if you compare the photos and look realllll close it does look a teensy bit better....

JUST KIDDING, that's an unbelievable turnaround, wow! I'll be especially curious to hear how you get the hatches back to correct shape. Superb job there, and you're scoring major points with King Neptune for rehabbing her, and not roasting marshmallows over what used to be a pretty depressing sight.

Don't know if anybody recalls it, but a few years ago I took a real wreck of a Guillemot and turned it into a pretty decent kayak. It was a lot more work than starting from scratch and building a new one, so I kinda understand what you're doing here. It lives in Guatemala now.