Ended up ordering a 3/8" piece of scored divinycell.
I also decided to switch from epoxy to vinylester resin for this project.
The plan has evolved to the following:
I'll sand down everything and bevel out the existing fiberglass 12:1 along all the edges.
I'll patch any holes in the bottom skin, possibly even laminate a fresh layer or two of 6oz depending how flimsy it feels after I sand it. I'll let all that dry and then re-prep the area.
I'll laminate a layer of 6oz cloth on the bottom of the divinycell and then while it's still tacky glue it down with a layer of Fasco 110 applied with a caulking tube. I'll weight it down on the top overnight while it dries.
The next day I'll trowl down cabosil into the scoring and along the edges so that its nice and smooth. Then I'll laminate 3-4 layers of 1708. I'll let that dry overnight.
Then I'll put a layer of fairing compound over the whole thing, let that dry, sand it down and paint it. At this point I will also mount plywood on the underside of the bow area to support the anchor hardware.
I'm not sure what else to use to cover the fiberglass itself, I am eventually going to paint the boat so doing a gelcoat didn't seem like the right thing to do.
I'll post pics as I make progress.
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