by craig on Mon Nov 03, 2014 5:14 pm
I remember reading this somewhere on the forum, but can't remember the post. I believe Bill did this on his boat. It certainly can only help! I can only speak to my experience in my boat so far (only in the garage) with glass on the top of the cockpit deck. The deck flexes a little bit where there isn't much support (most significantly, or I should say only really between the centerboard case and the hull). This flex is absolutely minimal. I don't wish that I had glassed the bottom. I should note that the footwell bottom is incredibly stable. The plans call for 9mm but I ran out of plywood and used 6mm instead, and only glassed the top. The cleats are in such close proximity that it doesn't flex at all. Again, more glass can't hurt though. The only place I kinda-sorta-wish I had glassed was the cabin roof. That isn't a large surface area and I don't like the large amount of flex in the plywood I used. I spent some time and put more roof supports in the cabin to stop the flex. Glassing would have been easier.
Titania, launched January 2015