Installing New Fiberglass Boat Deck!! [[Carolina Skiff Rebuild Part 9]]

Installing a new deck in my Carolina Skiff has cost me a lot of sleep. I have laid in bed many nights going over my plan. In my mind I have probably replaced it start to finish one hundred times. My main concerns were strength, weight, and the correct materials for the job. I believe I have everything covered, but only time will tell. I am no expert when it comes to fiberglass work. Therefore I also spent countless hours at night researching the best materials and different methods. I never found a single instance like what I chose to do, but I used the knowledge I learned and went with what made the most sense to me. This doesn’t mean it was the best way, just my way.
I went in with a better understanding of biaxial fiberglass than other types. It provides a lot of strength with less weight, but I wasn’t sure if it was the best for the job. I read and read about the different uses and types of glass. As well as what works with what. The other option I was considering was 1708. A biaxial cloth with chop strand mat on the back. This would have given me more thickness per layup. Which was one of my main concerns. My understanding though is that the chop strand mat is mainly for adhesion between layers. Mainly for when using polyester resin. Polyester does not bond well on multiple layups from what I read. Since I chose to use epoxy this was not a issue. My other issue with 1708 was the price. I found it to be much more expensive than the 1700 I used.
My choice of resin was epoxy. Everything I read and saw said it was the best for repair adhesion. Since I was tying the new deck in with part of the old. I felt like this was my best choice. The last thing I want is to do all this work and have it delaminate down the road. My main other reason was I already had about 10 gallons of epoxy from another project. Which saved me quite a bit of money. Even though I had a lot already. When I priced it out compared to vinyl ester resin. It was not much more.
Now that I have explained why I chose my material. I will explain why I laid the fiberglass in the way that I did. The openings that I cut to remove the old water logged foam were 52 inches wide give or take. Most fiberglass is 50 inches wide. The only way to really make that work would be to run it side to side. Leaving multiple overlaps that would have to be sanded and faired. With the 30 inch wide glass running length wise. I would only have one hump in the middle to deal with. In my mind this would also help the water run to the outside edges of the boat.
Time will be the determining factor to show if I made the correct decisions. Hopefully this deck will last 24 years like the last one. This time there will never be another screw pierce this deck! I hope that some one can use this video to help in their own projects. I am sure I could have done different things to make it better, but for me and my skill level. I am pleased with the outcome. Thank you to everyone who has watched, subscribed, and commented!

Epoxy:
https://www.boatbuildercentral.com/pr...

Fiberglass:
http://fiberglasssite.com/biaxial-mat...

Rollers:
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Mixing cups:
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