So I have sort of finished the ski. Rode it for the first time today at the local harbor behind the break wall for like 1/2 hour. The tubbies felt great. They rode very very differently than the 3 other skis with tubbies that I have ridden. It felt like my ski, but better rather than the ski feeling totally foreign. Overall two thumbs up.
I am having some major tinging/vibration noise coming from what i believe is the chamber. link to the thread discussing this.
http://www.x-h2o.com/threads/30575
My aluzine on one side of the ski didn't hold up. When doing the first side (pipe side) the final coat came out cloudy/hazzy on most of the side. When I rode it today and got that side wet, it looks horrible. The whole side turned a milky white. If you rub the water off it shines up again. The second side (carb side, which just so happens to be the side you can see only a little tiny bit of) looks great. So shinny and looks perfect, just how it should. The only difference in my application method between the two sides was that I used a heat lamp. And honestly the ski got pretty dang hot. I kinda forgot I left the light on and came out like an hour later to turn it off.
So now I don't know what I'm gonna do about that either. Looks like its gonna get pulled apart again to fix/find the vib and fix that cloudy carbon.
