Back Wall and cuddy supports

I was able to get the back wall glassed in this past weekend. We cut our original single piece in two in order to get it in...b/c we had installed the gunnel supports/rod holders since we cut the piece...we cut out three hatch holes to match the one in the floor, so we have easy access to the transom, batteries and switches. We also added some supports to the cuddy, which I cab'd in. I also applied a generous coating of cab to the instrument panel and will be burning up some sanding disks to get that right. Here are the pics:
Back wall, cab'd in at the edges, bottom and top, then a piece of the tape glassed at the edges, top and bottom:

back wall at the connection to the sidewall:

new supports, need sanding:

Sanding and More Glassing

The 1st layer of glass on the instrument panel set up nicely, once it was sanded we decided to apply another layer and after I sanded that I am going to "mud" the panel with cab and then sand it out for the final. I also applied some glass to the flooring panels in the transom areas in order to seal it off completely. Those set up nicely too..



and we got to start running some of the cables:

Instrument Panel Construction

The project is back underway now and we started 06' with some work on the console. It is pretty basic, 1 piece of luon (sp?) that we cut to fit over top of the original console section and throttle cutout. We braced that with a 1 x, and cut it at a generous angle in order to slope the panel.
We layered 6 strips of tape across the panel (3 in each direction) and put some cab in the seams to cheat on the transitions. We also had to make some plugs for the old steering wheel cutout and tilt/trim and ignition cutouts. After a solid hour and half of sanding this evening I am thinking that a vacuum bagging setup would have been a worthwile investment...oh well. Next trip I will snap a few of the sanded product, we are planning on reapplying some additional glass in order to stiffen the panel a little more.
Here are some shots of the wetted out console:

the bow side of the console is going to require some significant sanding

we had some left over cab and epoxy mixed up so we put a few tabs on the gunnel/sidewall supports: