After a bit of hiatus, and some beautiful October days on the water instead of working on her, I got back to the installation of the door. Removed the old hardware, screen, trim and sanded, trimmed and sanded. Then a few coats of Cetol stain, then sanding, then trimming.
Epoxied in the door frame, and installed the door for a test fit, then trimmed and sanded some more. The door is now functional, and lifts off nicely from the lift-off hinges. Here are a couple of shots of the door closed and opened with the screen open and closed.
As I put the boat away for the season, I will have to wait for the Spring to install the knob hardware, and then finish the stain and then Cetol gloss coatings for both the frame and door. I had the boat cover partially on and the sky was very gray, so the beauty of the outside of the door did not show in the photos so well, but the inside grain showed better in the photos.
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