The garage for the companionway hatch is the last of the external wood work before the deck is painted. After painting I will fasten pre painted toe rails to the deck.
All the holes for the fittings that are drilled have been filled with epoxy twice to seal the end grain of the plywood in the holes. It helps to have willing crew to clean up the underside of the deck and fix masking tape over the holes so we can dab epoxy into them without dribbling it into the cabin.
The glass on the deck has been faired into the sides of the hull ready for the paint to go over the gunwhales and be blended in with the paint on the topsides. Again it helps to have crew who remove all the packaging tape from the edge. While sanding the gunwhale edge I have sanded a the top third of the topsides which had a few epoxy runs from the deck work and now it is looking clean again.
The weather could be turning wet again but I have accumulated a lot of internal jobs.
View of the hatch garage from the bridge
Close up of the water channels and hatch runners. Pretty much the same as our Jeanneau SO37
The hatch garage cleaned up ready for glassing but put back on show for the surveyor