August 30th, 2005:

After removing everything holding the top deck to the hull it still would not come off. The cause? A wayward previous owner had apparently tried to reinforce some minor dinging in the port rub rail area by smucking on some fiberglass cloth and resin. In the joint, 2-3 feet along the seam. It's only cloth and not mat, but where it is joining top to hull it is thin but solid. Grinding and cutting with a dremel tool would not separate it. There is no room for an angle grinder or anything else up under the section where the mess is. But, while picking away at it I discovered I could get a small section to peel away from the unblemished factory hull underneath. Whoever did this did not sand or anything, they just smeared it on over the old.