looking ahead

[jaa22]

Working on my laker over the weekend it occurred to me...if I wanted a natural finish, how to you eliminate the seams showing through? Since th fiber glass is transparent it would seem that the fileted seams would show up. Am I missing something? I have seen pics of other boats that did not have this.

[jem]

What you've have likely seen is seam that were made very small and with filler the closely matched the color of the wood.

[jaa22]

Being my first build, I am going to plan on paint I think....good idea?