I have been installing the outer wings of the V berth bunk base as fixed elements glassed to the hull and glued to the outer bunk bearers. This makes the outer elements into a small “U” beam with the outer flange the hull and the inner flange the 22 x 44 mm meranti bearer. The web of the beam is then the 6 mm plywood which will be the outer edge of the bunk. Apart from making a strong beam to resist slamming in the waves it produces a neat shape for the rest of the bunk top. I might hinge the bunk tops as I find the loose plywood top on our Jeanneau SO 37 difficult to hold open and as a result the large space under the bunk is rarely used.
The locker fronts in the V berth ante room are now installed and have their first coat of primer on the faces. Inside the locker the painting is finished except for touch up after the deck is installed. There is still a seat to be installed in the ante room and under the seat will be a sizable locker. I am keeping the cut outs for the lockers in case we find it necessary to put door on some of the cupboards.
There is now acres of boat ready for painting so that means another trip to the store for more paint. There is still acres of epoxy coated plywood to be sanded ready for priming. It is essential to take off most of the gloss to get good adhesion of the two pack epoxy primer. The same goes for any cleats that have to be epoxied to previously epoxy coated surfaces. In most cased I take the plywood back to almost bare wood to ensure the strongest possible bond.
The plywood edges of the bunk tops have been converted into U beams by bonding the plywood to the hull and to the outer bunk bearer.
Shelves and hanging locker fronts in our Didi 40 Cr. The frame face is protected as it will be epoxy coated and varnished as an accent panel in a sea of white.
In between big task I have been putting some finishing touches like rounding some of the furniture edges with the Makita hand router.