Now that the companionway access, the two deck hatches and the nine port light holes are cut there is something to show for my efforts. This morning the temperature inside the hull was down to 5 degrees C so the first task was to turn on the heater. Next in the early morning gloom I used the laser level to check the alignment of the windows. The front one is fixed by the low deck height. The rear ones can be moved around a bit because the cabin sides are taller. I made a small adjustment to make the rear one level with the one in front and set to work cutting out windows. The arrangement is quite conservative but gives a pleasant appearance particularly from the interior. Last thing tonight
Out Didi 40 cr is starting to look like a yacht now that the hatches and widows cut outs have been made.
The windows and hatches in our Didi 40 Cr let in lots of light even in the late afternoon
Another view of the windows from the settee area of our Didi 40 cr
Engine beds ready for paint but there are lots of frames to be glassed to the hull
I used some left over epoxy from reinforcing a keel floor to seal the edges of the plywood.
I have also finished the fibreglass pan under the engine area and completed bonding the engine beds to the plywood hull with 2 mm of epoxy glass so that is ready for some white epoxy primer.
One side of a keel floor has been reinforced with 2 mm of epoxy glass in an exercise that took 2 hours. Based on this time there is a week of work just glassing floors to the hull. Not all my work is on show as I have been using small windows when I cannot make a mess inside the boat to finish other areas. I have started painting the underside of the deck at the transom. It has very low headroom and it requires a bit of skill just to get to the area. As I worked my way out of the space I filled any remaining holes with epoxy bog so that it will be ready for the final clean coat of epoxy paint.