110 Cookson Lane | Whitefield, ME 04353 | 207-232-7600 | tim@lackeysailing.com
To begin, I set up a table outside, made final preparations, and applied three coats of epoxy high-build primer to the new cockpit locker lids and companionway hatch.
In between coats and otherwise, I sorted and moved the stack of new wood back to the woodshop so it'd be ready for the new projects ahead, filling the first four shelves with the wood for the job.
I made a paper pattern of the fiberglass required for the new port chainplate tabbing, then prepared three layers to secure the fiberglass core to the hull and deck.
After installing epoxy fillets around the edges of the fiberglass core in the boat (leaving only a minimal radius on the underside of the deck in way of the chainplate slot, so the chainplate would fit correctly later), I wet out and installed, one layer at a time, the new fiberglass tabbing, wrapping from side to side completely encapsulating the core while simultaneously tabbing it to the hull and underside of the deck.
Even though I'd cut the tabbing a bit short at the bottom end, the wet fiberglass "grew" enough to overhang the bottom edge of the core, so I'd trim that and add some tabbing over that area later.
While in fiberglass mode, I installed some tabbing in a couple areas of the forward cabin, to secure the platform to the port hull in an area where the original tabbing had failed, and over a cosmetic panel spanning the hull at the bottom of the locker beneath the v-berth.
Preparing to use the old galley countertop as a pattern, I removed the old sink and faucets, along with the solid teak top companionway step, so I could lay the panel against new material.
Total Time on This Job Today: 7 hours
