More fibreglass

The first job this week was to start laying up fibreglass in the repair to the heads sole the area in way of the cut out is still a little low but I was thinking possibly finishing off with a piece of contrasting laminate to form a kick plate below the door.

Repair to sole

I have used polyester resin for this repair as the intention is to finish off with gelcoat which takes to polyester more effectively than epoxy, however on opening my tin off white gelcoat I found that it had gone off apparently this stuff has a limited shelf life I will need to order some more from East Coast Fibreglass Supplies before I can go any further. I still have a pile of original hardwood trim some of which I had sanded and varnished ready for fitting so after a bit of a sort out I found the piece for the forward end of the galley moulding and fitted it in place.

Trim fitted to galley moulding

I have identified several more pieces  which need sanding and varnishing so that will be a homework job for this weekend providing the gloss varnish has not gone hard in the tin. going by the present record it does not look promising although this tin is of more recent purchase. To finish the week I sanded the mast compression post ready for varnish next week on this boat it is in two pieces one on each side of the bulkhead, I made rather a mess as unbeknown to me the dust bag had become detached from the random orbital sander and it had blown dust everywhere before I realised what had happened.

One half of the compression post sanded ready for varnish