Sure enough, here is where water has gotten into the cabin and damaged the hatch coaming. The fiber glass overlay works wel until there is ANY sort of crack or slit. Water then gets under the glass and is captured. Rot will now take place. The entire hatch will have to come out and all damaged wood replaced.
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This is how far I had to go to remove all rot. The hatch was held in by 14 bronze screws and bedding compound. Both sides of the roof plywood were cut off back to good wood. A new piece of ply will now be installed and a layer of glass will replace the bad section.
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Aft end of the cabin with the cabinets removed. The bilge pump thru-hull fitting will be replaced with bronze. There are a couple broken ribs which will be "sistered-up".
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Bilge interior. In spite of the dirty look, the floors, frames, planks, etc. are in e xcellent shape.
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The hatch has been restored and I decided to add a little more light to the fwd cabin by converting it to a skylight. I built it up out of mahogany and it now awaits the tempered glass and the brass safety rods.
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The cabin roof has been sanded and painted. I removed the fiberglass on the top of the gangway hatch and refinished the teak plywood. Note the mast collar. This is nickle plated bronze which I had replated.
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The fwd hatch, installed with bedding compound and 2 of the brass protection rods in place.
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The starboard cabin side after sanding. The side is made of a single plank of 3/4 teak. The quality in this boat's construction is amazing!
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The starboard bow section, partly sanded. The planking is in excellent shape. Note that the seams have been cleaned out. All the old oakum and seam compound has to come out and be replaced.
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