Thanks guys. I'm going for it. Ground and layed the fiberglass way back. Gotta be honest and say that it bummed me out more than a little to do that to the beautiful boat but I'm just sticking with it and it'll be cool. If this didnt have such a tight seam before it might of been easy but damn, it was almost impossible to see to the point that I needed to use a yellow paint pen and mark the seam so I would be able to see it while I was grinding......
Thanks for the help and stay tuned......John