Foredeck repair before

Here goes nothing.  Today I will take on the the foredeck cutout that needs patching.  I have made some fairing sticks to pick up the compound curvature of the deck.

Scrap the fairing stick approach. To do this foredeck right I have decided to create a basic mold of the exterior surface of the deck.  It will take longer but the results in the end should be better.  I will update this post with pictures as this develops.  A successful trip to fisheries and I now have a solar vent and other small inspection ports to fill up an open hole in the cockpit that once housed a manual bilge pump.  My goal is to get her watertight before fall is here. Today I heard from a dear friend Jonathan with encouragement.  I look forward to getting out there and working tactics like we did on the Blake Island race two years ago...Until tomorrow.