If you can not smell the odor with the cushions in place that makes me second guess myself. The only time I recall opening the forward hatch was when I initially cleaned the boat out. I used at least a pint of acetone in the process, maybe a quart. The overhead was pretty grimy and there were stains in the cabin locker compartments as well as below the cockpit. If there was uncured resin anywhere I think I would have eliminated it with the acetone, and with all that acetone I may never have smelled the resin. I was shocked when I cut the opening for my cockpit seat hatches at how intense the aroma of resin was. I will try to remember to check if my forward compartment has a resin odor. steve Steve R. M-15 #119 Lexington, KY ********************************************************************** bill - if you want i can take a picture of my M15 that has the original bow foam pieces in place. the space is also not filled ... and does still smell like the boat factory when the forward hatch is open (when the hatch and v-berth cushions in place i'm sure the smell is contained as i've never 'got that smell' unless i'm digging in the forward locker). david scobie M15 #288 (not yet named)
Sorry for checking in late on this conversation, but I think the smell of resin is the rule rather than the exception with M boats (and others too). I've owned three (2 M17s and an M15), and my recollection of the odor beneath the v-berth in the M15 was that it smelled of glass resin (the flotation added some spice too), but nothing that made me think it was out of the ordinary. Is the smell overwhelming even with hatch and cushion in place? Weird if so. Maybe all that acetone damaged your sniffer? Just kidding. When you cut 'glass, you're going to get a strong resin smell. No getting around it. t Tom & Jane M17 dharma bum
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