Three things today: In the forward berth, I finished getting the supports and replaced the forward wall.

Odd thing I found was that there is an opening to the top of the boat that lets water in. It has a rudimentary cap, but I don't see any way to close it off.

Since water is going to come in, I have to make sure it can get out. The support running along the V of the hull has a black tube for drainage that I'm glassing in. I wonder if this is a design flaw.


I've got everything epoxied in. I'm also trying the paint additive per my neighbor's suggestion. I want the epoxy to be white.











I've done the same for the rear. On closer inspection of the aft platforms, I determined that the glass work I did around the edges may not be completely water tight. I went back over the entire seam with lightweight putty, contoured it and glassed over it again with the colored epoxy.

As you can see I've at last glassed over the rear support also.





Here is the bow where I removed all stanchions (I think that is what they are called). They were leaking around the screw holes.

I pulled them off, sanded, and sealed them up with clear silicon. The was the first job I needed help with, so I put the boys to work inside to hold the nuts in place while I took it off and put it back on.