took her under the knife (need some opinions)

[Bushwacker]

Skip said he used the 26# Coosa, which he got from Don Herman. If Don uses it, that's what I'd use! It's still lighter than plywood! I'd use 2 3/4" pieces as that should be closest to the plywood dimensions; test fit each piece before you stick 'em together.

One thing you have backwards is the way you lap the forward layers of glass into the hull. The first piece that lays up against the Coosa should be the longest, then each successive layer should be a little shorter. If you go from short to long, you're putting a kink/step in the longer layer where it goes over the shorter layer; this creates a stress concentration! Nature doesn't like kinks! May be a nit, but the devil lives in these sort of details, which separate the amateurs from professionals.