Cabin Painting and Deck Install

Painted the insides of the cabin in preparation for installing the cabin decking. I used a scheme that was inspired by Jeff Hatch's build. Turned out very nice.





With some help from my beautiful wife I was able to drop the cabin roof directly on the correct spot. I had to hurry to get all the screws in and tightened down before the epoxy set up. Had to rush to get the internal squeeze out cleaned up. In the end I got the job done and had another success.




After the screws were removed I removed the overhang with a router and a cutoff bit and then used a grinder to sand the edges flush. I also removed the companion way spacer from the companion way bulkhead. Now it's MUCH easier to get in and out of the cabin. Feels good to get that last large piece of plywood in place.

Hours Total: 435

Location:Jackson Woods Ct,Meadow Woods,United States

Getting ready for the cabin top

After doing some trimming, clamping, swearing, adjusting, swearing and clamping I finally got the transom skirt in the proper place and epoxied down.  Didn't make too much of a mess of it.  Nothing that can't be scraped or sanded off. 

After a little sanding it looks good.  I made the bottom lamination from cypress and then used white oak for the top.

The ends really look nice feathered into the seat back tops.

Its amazing how very strong and solid that it makes the transom and consequently the whole boat.  The plans call for a oarlock for a yuloh.  I was afraid that it wouldn't be strong enough to support the pressure of using a device like that on the top of the transom skirt.  I'm not worried anymore.  I'm sure that the construction will easily stand up to that kind of use.

The plan is to leave most of bulhead #2 bright with white trim edging that will be trimmed with marine vinyl tape.  In addition I wan to leave the edges of the dorade vents and windows unpainted so that I can glue trim rings on later.  There will be about a 1" white border around the bulkhead openings.

Like many others I'm creating a bright (unpainted) area on the back of the companion way bulkhead.  Again the rest will be edged in white with a vinyl border.  The above will be primed and then painted.

Hours total: 420