Almost Ready for Fiberglass

Made some progress on Memorial Day and the last few days after work.  Replaced the luan with 1/2" thick marine plywood.  Using luan as a template was the way to go.

I used an elastomeric patch to fill in the gaps.  Somewhat unconventional, but just wanted to seal the join area so the vinylester resin does not seep through to the other side.

Used some screws to hold it togther temproraily unitl I fiberglass the inside.

I will rebuild a new door.  Not sure if the existing door is salvagable to build upon.  If I decide to leave the curved structure on the sides as shown, I will fix the starboard side so it extends all the way to the "bench" area just like on the port side. 

The plan is to build a console for the wheel steering and instruments where the old window was.   A new sliding window will take up most of the remaining area where the plywood is. 







Need to fill in the gap left by the sliding hatch and extend the roof back a few inches.  Will likely use 3/4" to 1" balsa to match the existing roof.  The hatch rails will be removed later.