I was thinking the matt would be easier to wet out on the vertical surface plus I have lots of extra matt, however you are right Bobby and I probably will take your advice plus it will stay level because it's the same material.
Ed- Yes I was working on the house took a year and a half to complete. Moved in last April. Congrats on that new practice. Once you are finished getting that all set up you will be looking sweet. I've been trying not to spend a lot of money on materials on this boat thus the balsa instead of the more fancy coring materials. It will be water tight.
The foam coreing that I'm using is actually spelled Elastofoam sorry for the miss spell. It's 5/8 inch thick and very easy to work with needing to be cut only with a knife. It'easy to glass. Core cell is better but more $$$.
Right now I have another problem I tried to do a test fit of the gunnel cap tonight but it seems the boat got a little wider when I was not looking. I'll have to make some slight mods to the cap to get it back in place
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