On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:59:15 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

The adding of
fiberglass, layer by layer, in itsy-bitsy pieces, is intensely
time-consuming; what's left, not so much, though we have yet to experience
the joy of long-board sanding, which may revise our thinking of how long it
will take

Long board sanding on a big boat like yours is the devil's work,
especially during a Florida summer. Do you remember Glenn Ashmore?
He spent over 10 years building his own 45 footer from the keel up and
documenting the process and progress on the internet. He said that
fairing/long boarding the hull was the worst part of the job and he
had all winter to do it in Georgia. He ended up inventing a special
tool based on an old belt sander and also used something called an
"air file" used in auto body shops.

http://www.rutuonline.com/html/long_boards.html