Well since I got back from our trip up north the heat index here has been over 105 for the entire month of July and today is 109. With that the chances of getting the boat painted have been moved back til October.
So just been doing the little stuff so when the boat is painted it can be assembled and ready for cruising.
A little more done on the windshield, made all the radius's for the corners and sanded them out...
What know one tells you when you start one of these projects is that if you change something it has
CONSEQUENCES and that means more thinking (work) and fabricating.
Different windshield means old hatch hardware does not work.
This is a picture of the original hardware of the hatch opening from Gillies boat...
A nice idea for the old windshield...however both Gillie and I decided it was a little clunky and I didn't have the old stuff so fast forward.
I wanted to remove the hatch when we are anchored for the day so the deck would be clear.
Stop bar and tie downs.
Glide rails made out of some scrap starboard
Easy latch down
In the front added alignment pin to keep hatch in place when cruising.
Windshield fits nicely
Next on the agenda should be routing out the windshield channels, and talking to blue heron on windshield supports.
Heading out for 3weeks (need some cool weather relief).