Cuddy work - 2

Above deck work again this weekend. The left side of the cuddy got it's panel fit and glassed in and the storage compartments got a coat of paint. I also put the grinder to the excess glass in the port hole and placed the hatch in there to keep some of the dust and debris out.

New Panel - braced in at the bottom with a temporary shim and some counter-sunk screws in the top:

inside looking out:

freshly painted:

much fairing left to do, but that hatch looks good:

cuddy work - 1

We prepared (sanded, acetone) the section of the hull under the cuddy floor this weekend then applied a heavy layer of bilge coat prior to putting in the 3/4" plywood plug we had prep'd earlier. Recent modification to the plan was to install a 6" hatch in that piece of floor, for the "just in case" it gets some h2o in there or we need to access that section of bilge. 9oz tape and then a thin layer of cabosil, plenty of sanding/fairing is coming with this section.

We also closed off the storage compartments under the cuddy (they were open all the way to the bow). We cut patterns out of a piece of the left over stringer build up and then glassed those into place. Next step on these will be a lil paint and then DONE.

Getting anxious and had to foam in the outer most stringer sections too.

Here is a little inspiration, called the OH KAY from Texas - it is an I/O, but, it is a fishing machine: