Finishing up the Whidbey White

Finally, Ive finished painting the interior area that will be Whidbey White. 

The quarter knees are taped off so that I can paint the sheers.

After the paint dried, I re-installed the stainless steel eye-bolt in the transom knee.

My daughter helped me pick out a section of Meranti plywood to add to the top of the aft seat. I cut it out of a partial sheet, and it is waiting to be laminated onto the A/C plywood thwart.

Grain pattern for the aft thwart.

Work remaining to be done includes:

• Finishing construction and installation of the seats
• Painting the sheers Sea Foam Green (some spots still need epoxy first)
• Planking the deck

The following two photos are for future reference when I install the deck cleat and bow chocks:

Measured distance from aft face of fwd frame to mid-line on deck beam - 18"

Measured distance from aft face of fwd frame to aft edge of breasthook (port side shown) - 36.5"

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April 2015 Masts continued Hatch fitting and finishing

April 2015 - 

The goal this month is to get all below deck level stuff installed and finally get a chance to put the deck on.

Major delays due to this stuff!  WAAYY too much snow this month, and COOOLLLLDDDD. 

Forward hatch frame being fitted.  no glue yet. 

April 12, 2015 - Hatches

All hatches have been fitted with 3/16 foam gasket and fitted to the boat for a watertight seal.  These came out pretty good.  The boat should float for quite a while with the hatches dogged down.  (add photos) 

Forward hatch being fitted

under view shows kayak style plywood clips to hook shock cord on to. 

Foam gasket is seated all around.

Another view from below showing tie down clips. 

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