W8... Thank you for your trouble to post this fascinating and informative thread.
Ihave seen a couple of boats built/ sheathed with the WEST system
One was constructed from Cedarwood strips,glued with epoxy. very light, enormously strong, covered with a skin of glass tissue and epoxy.
The resin soaks right in the wood and looks just like varnish!
The other was an aged Mirror Dinghy,stripped back to bare wood, dried right out and then Epoxied.
Great stuff,please keep going!