Productive day today. Had to visit my favorite store to get another sheet of 1 1/8" plywood for the forward deck, a set of blades for the reciprocating saw and a plumb bob.
When I got to the shed the first thing to work on was the floatation tank. A fillet and fiberglass along the deck seams was applied. Then I put in the vertical piece for the rope locker and put in a fillet and fiberglass down the sides and across the bottom. Oh, and up under the shelf edge too.
I needed to give the epoxy time to set up so I marked the center line of the new piece of 1 1/8" plywood and hauled it up on the bow. While I kept it centered at the tip of the bow I bumped it left and right until it was centered on the hull.
I traced the outline of the hull on the outside and the shelves and vertical wall on the inside then drug it off the hull and cut it to shape. It went up and back down a couple times while I refined the cuts, then I put two screws in it to hold it in place and using the six inch sander ground it down to match the line of the hull.
I discovered during this process that the shelves had a pretty serious tilt from inside to outside that required some work with the planer to even out. On the majority of the shelf length this wouldn't matter, but with the top deck being flat the shelves needed to be leveled out to let the deck to sit on them evenly.
While having the planer out I also feathered out the spray rails at the bow. When I first installed them they had simply been cut off flush. Now they gently curve towards the bow.
The epoxy still needed some time to dry so I used the cutoffs from the upper deck to continue the shelves on towards the stern. I only cut out one additional piece for each side. As each one is essentially custom fit I can't get further ahead than one.
Next I used the plumb-bob and a straight edge to transfer the station 6 lines from the stringers up to the shelves.
Finally the epoxy had hardened enough that I could continue work up in the rope locker. I reinstalled the hardware for the access hatch. Then I reached inside the access hatch and traced the shelves and vertical wall on the upper deck, then set the deck on the sawhorses and got out the can of Bilgekote. I painted the bottom side area of the deck, the underside of the shelves, the inside of the hull, the face of the vertical piece and the edges of the shelves. Messy work!
I have five things left to do in the rope locker then the deck can be permanently attached. I need to install an eye bolt to provide for something to attach the anchor rope to; there needs to be a hole drilled and a pipe installed in the deck for the rope to pass through; I need to drill two holes on either side of the bow stem and install the copper pipe and elbows for the bow rope; two holes need to be drilled on either side down in the corner of the locker to allow water to drain; and I need to install (and then remove) three cleats, one for the anchor rope and one on either side of the deck for dock lines.
9 Hours