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Thanks for the compliments guys!

Mitchman,

keep in mind that the inside of the gunnels were originally attached to the deck that formed the inner liner. I scrapped all of that when I built the new deck. If you go through some of my earlier post you can see how I cut it apart. Not sure how yours is set up but you could wind up with a void between the deck and the hull if you cut it withough removing the entire inner liner.

The exposed surface that you see is woven roven which would leave a very rough fnished surface. I've thought about fairing that surface but think that I will wind up adding about two layers of matt and sanding that down before painting. I will have to remove the top cap at least one more time when I install the supports and glass them to the hull and deck and will finish both sides at that point.

Either way I'm looking at a tremendous amount of sanding which is going to require the purchase of a new unit. Apparently my Black and Decker Cyclone has been discontinued as I can't find paper for it anymore and I don't believe my orbital is up to the challenge. Any recommendations for what to purchase would be appreciated.