Forward cabin continued

This week has been a bit of a short week work wise as I had a trip out into the Swale on a friends boat on Monday however I did manage to achieve the main aim of the week which was to line the hull sides in the forward cabin. T start with I removed the locker panels and then scraped off the loose flaking paint on both sides before washing down with hot soapy water. Once everything had dried I cut out the lining carpet and glued it up with spray contact adhesive, after doing the starboard side I had run out of 'Trimfix' so in order to expedite the job I picked up some 'No Nonsense' spray contact adhesive from Screwfix, time will tell if it is as good it certainly smelt much the same, we shall see.

Starboard side lining

Once the lining was complete I replaced the front panels and had a good clear out so that the forward cabin looks much less like a construction site.

Starboard side front panel back in place

I have put the old berth cushions back in place for the time being as replacing them is not a high priority at the moment, I usually sail single handed most of the time and there are plenty of other berths to choose from on this boat.

Forward cabin after cleaning up

As can be seen from the above photograph the new cushions will need to be a bit wider as originally the front panels came down to the internal moulding but as outlined some time ago this left an awkward shaped space at the bottom of the lockers so I had previously reduced the front panels. As well as finishing off the cable locker door over the coming weekend I will go through the bag of hardwood trim pieces that I have to pick out some bits to tidy up the front panels. The cable locker door has been painted and just awaits the edge trim which I also hope to fit this weekend so that the door can be fitted next week. New Morning is now beginning to show some semblance of order, there is still quite a lot still to do but it is mostly bits and pieces of detailing, the boat is now perfectly usable.