Please critique my 23' CC Rebuild plans

[strick]

Boy that is a lot of info...skimmed thru it twice so forgive me if I don't cover much...for starters:

For building parts such as the bracket better off using poly or vinyl ester there is no need to make it out of epoxy...waste of money...for bonding to existing fiberglass on the hull then epoxy is better...I like vinyester as it is easier to work with and wets out what ever fiberglass you decide to use without worrying about binders not being compatible with the epoxy...on the idea of raising the deck on a 23 it is not really necessary especially if you are going to go with a flotation bracket..but it's your boat so do it how you want...on coring the bracket of course the transom of the bracket will be cored and the swim platform should have some sort of coring as well...Tim and I made several molds melamine seems to work best...sprayed with duratec and then the first two layers should be heavy matt... after that 1708 till you get the desired thickness...1/2" thick around the corners and 3/8" thick around the sides and bottom is kinda what we did. It's been a long time...dont forget to glass the swim platform to the tub as I've had to come back and glass the seam when I just bonded the two parts with potter putty...it would be a small hairline crack that looked unsightly. I think I've built 4 brackets total and they were all a learning experience..but they all worked well when finished...so thats all the experience I have on them....More later..

strick