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Today I did a little exploratory shopping... And I picked up a book at Barns and Noble and browsed for some ideas... I'm re-thinking the Feather. Returning to the forums I saw your "Bull's Eye" post and ended up discovering the customer photo archive... I noticed several of the boats that we have been talking about are listed... but not the Feather.
I also appreciated that the Bull's Eye is not a "wet" boat. I know that my wife would rather stay dry and would rather sit in a bench in a cockpit rather than on the top edge. I'm beginning to realize that at 48, I'm getting less fond of that as well as being desiring of a little back support.
I've also considered the economy of the stitch and glue method and I'm more willing to consider plywood... especially since I compared the costs and looked at the quality of the oak veneers at the local lumberyard. I think there is much merit in the Bull's Eye... it's 11'... it has benches... It has water tight compartments... it can be tricked out rather pretty... it has nice lines... and one of the options is a 'Cat' rig... I'm liken' it.
Thanks for the feed back, guys... it helps.

I have been building a feather for some time now. I started when I was in college some 14 years ago. I am getting close to finishing it finally. I have had some years where it sat in the garage with nothing done to it because it was too hot, to cold or I did not feel like getting itchy fiberglass all over me. Some years I did minor work on it. My goal is to finally finish it this year. Today I picked up the mahogany for the daggerboard and rudder.

If it sails anything like a laser I will be thrilled.

If I was to start over again, I would choose a strip planked boat or a plywood boat. The feather sure looks good, but it has been much more work than I expected. The c-flex was not as easy to work with as I had expected and does not wet out as easy as mat or cloth. I had several dry pockets in the c-flex I had to grind out after I flipped the hull.

I filled the two side cavaties with 2-part foam, and filled the bottom 1/3 of the of the front with foam. I them laid a layer of fiberglass over the foam. I plan to have a nice compartment up front for gear without loosing too much floation. I have not decided if I will use deck hatches or if I will leave it open.