Same here, how hard can it be?[&:]. I'll tell you what I did but I won't garuntee that it's the best way. I think it's all a matter of stregnth vs. weight, but I have a feeling that this boat will be strong and light by comparison any way I do it. The question is to I want to copromise weight for stregnth or stregnth for weight? I think I'll go farily conservative and keep it pretty stout. I still need to do some research before I apply the second layer of wood.