[bigeasy1]

thanks all,for the encouraging words,and also to all of you for so much good info and tips on the how to's of Seacraft restoration.
I'm very happy with my progress so far,but it still pales in comparison to some of the amazing work that I've seen by many on this site.
I could only wish to achieve the amazing work done by guys like Strick,and Bonefish.

Abl,as for the bad spots in the deck floor,I cut the top skin out,and removed the rotted core,and replaced it with marine plywood,and glassed over it with some 1708 and 12oz mat.
I made the decision to not keep the original deck pattern.It would have just required too much labor to have it look good,so I ended up grinding down the raised pattern of the original deck to a flush finish.

I did the tan non skid with a coat of unwaxed gelcoat tinted to the tan color,and thickened with cabosil to a consistency of ketchup.
I rolled it with a 3/8"nap roller,which left a very nice stippled non skid.

Followed it up with a second coat of "waxed gel coat mixed the same way.
At first it was a bit too aggressive,so i took a dry foam roller,and just rolled it over the wet finish with no pressure.It made for a perfect non skid.