: In the big scheme of things that little bit of weight in the Ash is
: peanuts!! I just removed my internal stems because I could do it
: easily.

: As for epoxy fillets - I built Duane Strosaker's Point Bennett 18
: last winter. It's a S&G and I filleted everything - keel, chine,
: sheer, all bulkheads (both sides). I used 6oz glass inside and
: out and ended up putting almost 2 gals of West System epoxy in
: to the build. By looking at, you would never know but it's a
: VERY strong boat. I'm just putting the last coat of epoxy on my
: Black Pearl (same boat Dan is building) and I'm just over 1.25
: gals of epoxy in. I'm convinced that all the epoxy in the Point
: Bennett went into the fillets because my Black Pearl has 6 oz
: glass inside and out and doubled on the bottom!! But probably
: only half the fillets!!

: Just my two cents,
: Sean

Seems like a lot of epoxy - what's your weights on those boats? I've built two strippers plus half of a third, and am just now running out of my 3 gallon RAKA kit. But I used 3.25 ounce, doubled for the hull and stress points. Yours sounds more robust - but at what weight?