1978 SF restoration, my first one.....

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I've had to make repairs to a mistake I made early on when I wasn't real sure what I wanted to do. I had to glass the bow cooler back to the portion of the inner liner that I have decided to keep. I also replaced the coring under the anchor locker with a piece of divinycell and glassed it in.





I overdrilled the original 1/2" drain holes with a 1" bit and then filled them with cabosil. Then drilled again at 1/2" to give the surrounding materials a barrier.



This is the same piece ready to be reinstalled. It was a real PITA to get it back in by myself. Once I got it set I used cabosil everywhere it was attached originally.



I'm using some leftover Coosa from my transom to form the forward step at the cooler. I left about a half a inch between the coosa and the hull to allow for flex if necessary. I used drywall screws through the top of the 2 x 4's to hold it level so that the new forward deck will be flush when installed.



Tabbed in on both sides, front and back. This connection isn't meant to bear all the weight the area will see in the future but mainly to hold in place while the deck goes in.



Started building my laminating table for the deck. Since I'll be doing it outside I'm going to have to wait for good weather before starting.