Got the sides bolted onto the fiberglass bottom today.
Will be ready to roll it over soon. And then to make the bulkheads and deck.
The normal way to do something like this would have been to permanently fiberglass the wooden side panels to the all fiberglass bottom. I wanted to try making removable sides that bolt on over a thick bead of marine slicone. Dowsil 795.
I realize now the fiberglass bottom was tits on a bull and way too much work. If you can remove the sides or the bottom and replace them, if they get damaged, then there is no reason not to keep it simple. And use a plywood no-glass bottom. Wear it out in five years and replace it.
Now I want to make an all wooden boat with screws bolts and caulk--and almost no glue at all--where any and all pieces can be replaced. Easily. At any time. Like an erector set boat.