# Skerry build prep work **URL:** \ **Category:** Builder's Forum\ **Created:** [May 16, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-build-prep-work/38476 "2011-05-16T10:31:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mihai\_Pop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Mihai\_Pop](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Mihai_Pop)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-build-prep-work/38476/1 "2011-05-16T10:31:40Z")
Hi,   I'm getting ready to build a Skerry however I'm a bit stuck waiting for the weather to stay sunny long enough to get the hull together (I guess I'll need ~1 week until it becomes boat-like enough to leave outside under a tarp in case of bad weather).  I'm planning to start some of the prepwork indoors - seal the seats, glue the skeg, build the daggerboard trunk, etc.   Would it be a mistake to epoxy the seats before I shape them for fit in the finished hull?  Mihai ---
**Author:** ![Mihai\_Pop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Mihai\_Pop](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Mihai_Pop)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-build-prep-work/38476/2 "2011-05-21T12:41:02Z")
Thanks.. I actually started epoxying everything after checking in with John - he suggested it might be easier to do it off the boat anyway. At least I can now feel I'm doing something productive rather than waiting for the weather to change....     ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Ball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/da6949/32.png) [@Greg\_Ball](https://forum.clcboats.com/u/Greg_Ball)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.clcboats.com/t/skerry-build-prep-work/38476/3 "2011-05-20T14:42:23Z")
After shaping the seats, you'll need to re-apply epoxy anyways to cover the newly exposed bare wood - I'd save the epoxy and time and do it all at once when the seats are ready to fit.