Definately put in the skeg before putting on the deck, I am still trying to find a leak somewhere behind the skeg that I can't see because I put in in last! I would glass the inside of the hull first though, trying to get the fiberglass around the skeg would be annoying, you can easily cut though the glass with a saw later when you put in the hole.

> Skeg Question: Building a Cheasapeake 17 Lt, and am finishing up sanding
> the hull prior to glassing. I have a skeg kit and was wondering if it
> would be better to install it prior to the deck going on, and possibly
> prior to glassing the hull?

> Footbrace Question: Installing Yakima footbraces. Definetly putting these
> in before I glass the hull and put on the deck. Any words of wisdom. I
> figure I'll be mounting them to some pieces of plywood (is luann ok?) and
> then epoxying them to the inside hull. Thanks.

> Todd.