After the first patches had been applied and allowed to cure I went back over them and sanded them down to help blend them into the rest of the hull.
Once I was satisfied, I laid down a coat of fairing compound on all the patches and let it setup.
After 4 or 5 hours, I came back and found everything had hardened up nicely and was ready to sand. The great thing about fairing compound is that it is great for hiding patches, holes, cracks, gouges, etc... The bad thing about it is that in order for it really blend in and make the fix invisible, you have to sand almost all of it off, so most of what you pay for turns to dust.
Anyway, after sanding down the fairing compound, I found a number of other areas that needed tending, most notably a large crack just aft of the daggerboard trunk so back to the 6oz glass for another patch. Along with the patch I touched up the first round of fairing compound and let it all setup overnight.

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