Installation of Knee Braces was straightforward.
Installing the Day Hatch took some care since the graphite epoxy used to construct the spacers wanted to slump across the deck. Peanut consistency is important. Once the spacers had set up, some careful trimming with an utility knife got the spacers matching the shape of the deck hatch. Some of the bolts had to shortened as they were too long and would cut a paddler's hand when reaching into the day hatch. The instructions in the manual were very helpful for this step.
The top coamings were fully finished with pigmented epoxy and fiberglass before installing. That saved some time and also got a better effect for the pigmented epoxy. Using electricians tape as a kind of batten board around the outside edges of the coaming while sitting flat on the worktable allowed a shallow pour of the pigmented epoxy. So I got a better ripple effect on the coamings.
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