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Been a while. Cold weather and no shop to work in has set the project back a bit. Anyhow here is what litle progress I've made. I took the easy way out on fixing the deck cap. while it was flipped over I ran 3 layers of 1708 over the seam.



It's solid and I should not have any issues with it. I'll laminate over the top of it after I install the anchor locker bulkhead and re-attach the cap to the hull.

Next I flipped the cap back over and cut out an access hatch for the anchor locker. It is more symmetrical then the pic shows. It also gives me access to glassing the buklhead in place.



I did a little grinding and fitting and then bonded the cap supports to the sides of the hull.



If you notice I made tops of the cap supports so they slope downward toward the hull cap joint so water runs off the cap easily.



Making the anchor locker bulkhead turned out to be a bit of a mess. In this pic you can see the white Melamine (sp?) board that I used as a flat mold/template for proper shape.




Even though the melamine was waxed the resin never really cured despite a 48 hour wait before removing the part. I attribute that to the cold temps out side. There is 2 layers of heavy matt and two layers of 1708 on either side. The core is 5/8" foam board. I put some plastic on the top and squished it all down.



I had to gring away all the fibers once it finally cured.



Getting tabbed into place



I had to center the cap and check my measurements so it will all be strait.



View from inside the anchor locker



Were I sit now




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