Next we got a couple coats of fairing on the interior hull sides while access was easy. It took 2-3 coats until we got it to where we liked it. Forward 3/4's of the boat were done in Polyfiar and the the aft 1/4 was done in System 3 quick fair. The polyfiar is easy to mix which is nice all you need to do is add the cc's while the System 3 quickfair is more challenging to mix/measure (2 parts) but might spread easier as it seems to be less viscous. Make sure to sand off the glossy finshed before applying second coat or it will not bond and peel off!
The cap went back on for good. It is bolted in place with #8 and #10 bolts. We counter sunk the heads into the cap and put nuts and washers to the inside. We added bead of 5200 to seal the cap to hull joint to the exterior. The hull sucked up nicely to the cap almost everywhere. Unfortunately we did have some issues fwd by the bulkhead where it wouldn't suck out to the cap. No one will ever notice except for us.
We added 4 knees to each side of the cap for support. We made some templates, then cut some scrap coosa and hot glued them in place. Once set we added fillets and two layers of tabs either 1700 or 1708. For how small the knees are it took quite a bit of time cutting all the odd shaped galss. The fwd bulk head is also tabbed to the underside of the cap from inside the locker (that was tricky) and on the outside (aft side of bulkhead) on the Port and STBD corners. At this time we also finished the glass work on the aft corners of the cap. Frist we made a quick mold and leveled off the cap to transom with putty and filled any other voids. Then we laminated the cap to the transom/splashwell tying everything in nicely. The cap is also tabbed to the hull midship where we will have cleats and at the transom. Securing the cap definitely took longer than expected but sure feels solid now.
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