Ready or Not

Enough of sanding!
Rug-cutting time!

Time to commit! So, roll out the fiberglass over the deck...

(you can see through the fiberglass roving)

...and seal in the deck with the first coat of epoxy.

Voila!

As soon as the epoxy soaks through the fiberglass, it becomes translucent, and you get the first glimpse of how the boat will look after it has been varnished.

Of course, that is still quite a ways off.

I'll put on a couple of coats of epoxy and then flip the deck upside down and prepare the underside for the same fiberglass treatment. 

Yes, you guessed it: Bring on the sandman.

I'll have to do more scraping and sanding for a sufficiently smooth underside to lay down the fiberglass.

Obviously, beauty is not the determining factor here! The interior deck will not see the light of day with the exception of the two hatch covers.

However the concave surface is a lot harder to sand well.