Gelcoat finished
On Wednesday I used the dry weather to attend to a couple of rainwater leaks on the starboard side of the saloon I removed the bolts securing a stanchion base and the midships cleat and built up the area below with epoxy and glass mat to give a level surface onto which,once cured, I could seal the bolts with washers and some closed cell foam tape. While the epoxy was curing I screwed up some cleats to support the headlining panels under the starboard side deck I put some cut outs in the upper side of these cleats to support the lighting cables which will run above the headlining panels.
Today after replacing the midships cleat and stanchion base on the starboard side I spent some time trial fitting some new 4mm plywood panels for the heads headlining after a little bit of adjustment they are now ready to be covered, as there will be a shower installed I will use some foam backed vinyl in this area instead of the van lining carpet used elsewhere.
Port headlining panel
Once I was satisfied with the fit of the headlining panels I fitted the locker front panels on the starboard side of the forward cabin so that I could measure up for the bottom pieces for the lockers on both sides cutting these out will be one of this weekends homework jobs.
Starboard side forward cabin
To finish up today I made a start on making a trim piece to tidy up the laminate around the edge of the forward heads bulkhead where it meets the side of the coach roof and the underside of the side deck. To begin with I cut out a paper template and over the weekend I shall cut out a piece of laminate so that it will be a close fit it will be much easier to close fit a small piece of laminate than to achieve a close fit with a large sheet which covers half the bulkhead. On the left hand side I plan to make another trim piece but to space it off the bulkhead to form a cable trunk to take the mast wiring cables from the exit point in the heads locker, they can be seen in the above photograph of the headlining panel, to a position above the headlining panel and then to the two connection boxes already installed.
The small piece of laminate with the two screws was to cover the cables for the reading light in the forward cabin this will be replaced by the new cover trim.