Sailor, I like the look of the more rounded corners on your hatch better than the sharp corners. Xcomunic8d, I can imagine its a little more difficult out there in the middle of the Pacific. I am pulling inspiration from both of your build threads as well as the wealth of information on this site.
I pulled the old switch panel and steering wheel off to clean up the backside of the bulkhead. I found some soft wood around the switch panel and started digging... I pulled the trim for the door off and the wood was soaked. Time to add to the list! I took the fiberglass off on the cabin side and cleaned up the old, rotten wood. The other side needs to be done as well. Both sides of the bulkhead had this hard red putty along the bottom and up the sides attaching it to the rest of the boat along with screws. Is it like a bondo type material?
The step down is very soft too so I'll tackle that soon. My plan is to use the dremel to cut the skin off then dig out the crap wood and lay in the other balsa core I have from the fuel tank hatch project.
As far as the transom goes, I'm leaning towards using Arjay. It is less invasive than a coosa or baltek replacement and also cheaper.
When I was waiting for the electrical supplies to come in, I did some sanding on the teak to prep it for the varnish. It was in rough shape and probably hasn't had any sort of TLC in 15 plus years. The grain was raised and took some serious sanding to get even with the rest. I'll be working on this periodically when the weather doesn't allow work on the boat itself.
04-21-2020, 11:00 AM
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