Hi Brian,
   
  It's only my opinion, but there is a LOT more to it than the conning 
  tower. Any thru hulls, maybe battery pods, motor mounts and all the ribbing. 
  My thought is get started and do what you can and if the project takes longer 
  so what. That's part of the reason mine is taking as long as it is. When I'm 
  busy I have the money but not time. When I'm not busy I have the time but not 
  the money.
   
  Best Regards,
   
  Jim K
  On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Brian Cox 
<ojaivalleybeefarm@dslextreme.com> 
  wrote:
  
Hi All,
         I'm having a 
    bit of a delema deciding wheather or not to go with
either 3/8" thick 
    hull or 1/4" hull.  I'm thining that initially maybe I
should go 
    with the 1/4" now (so I can get this off the ground) mainly due to
budget 
    constraints and then at a later date upgrade to the thicker hull,
which 
    would take me deeper.  My question is how hard would it be to cut 
    out
the conning tower( 3/4" thick) from the 1/4" hull and paste it on to 
    a 3/8"
thick hull at a later date? Would I need to grind out all of the 
    weld seam?
And would that adversly effect the metal in that area by 
    rewelding?
Thanks, 
     Brian
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