UPDATE: 09/04/07
I wrote down what I'm doing to the craft, ten things at once - yikes. At two weeks an item that comes to 20 weeks of work. I'm happy when I'm busy, so I guess I'm happy.
SKIDS:
I have to add a 45 degree wood pieces to each of the the sides of the skid pads, and add fiberglass all the way around.
Leading and trailing edges are beveled/canted 45 degrees.
BOW PLANE:
Everyone says that the Scat and Scat II have plow-in problems and most of that is because it has no plow plane, where a UH or Sevtec (approx. 10 degrees) have plow planes.
I marked off the bow with some duct tape for a cutting line (approx. 15 degrees). Pulled out my reciprocating and cut away the offending edge. I then took a bread knife and cut a 1/2" recess in the foam for a MDO plywood insert. I took out my jigsaw and cut a half circle piece which was then glued flush. The entire area will be fiberglassed next week (I hope).
If you were to do this for a stock fingered skirt, I imagine some additional modification to the bow skirts or at least their loop ties and lengthen the plastic zip ties.
On my craft there will be no connection to the hull as the front drape is attached to each side skirt. I found the connection points on my previous set-up was a souce of wear and stress as ithe connect got trapped under the bow hull.