Main Hatch Fitup

Today I dry fit the main cabin hatch fairing and main hatch sliding part.  I'm not happy with how the hatch is sliding so I will look for some teflon tape that the hatch will run on.  Today I removed half of the tarps and I think I will leave them off.  I find I waste a lot of time taking the tarps on and off.  Today was beautiful the sun was out.  I didn't get a lot done I installed the aft hatch covers.  I am bedding all hardware with 3m 4000, I hope this is something I won't regret.  I am planning on bedding in the toe rail with this stuff.  I decided to take a bunch of pictures today because the lighting was so good.

Above:  The shop.

 Above:  The foredeck patch still requires some long boarding and some polishing  I don't think I will get too carried away because I am planning on covering the patch with some Raptor decking.

 The main cabin hatch fairing with hardware installed.  I need to find a slicker sliding surface and some rubber bumpers for stops.  I will not fasten the fairing until the mechanics are dialed.

Aft hatch covers installed and temporary gasket installed to prevent water ingress in the event of a tarp failure.  She is now watertight and the interior is soon to become the focus.

I bought some teak this weekend as well as some African mahogany.  The plan is to use teak on the exterior and mahogany for parts of the interior.  The teak was 36 bucks a board foot.  I don't want to take any short cuts that we will regret later.  Teak is somewhat heavy and the mahogany is somewhat light.  I think this is the plan for now.  I can install the companion way for now to keep the cats out as well as the heat in for interior work.  I will continue on where Reid left off deconstructing the damaged interior components before building it up.  We'll see where it goes.  For the next post I will take some pictures of the current state of the interior.
Fun stuff.

This weekend we enjoyed a nice lunch with Jon and Marcy Edwards it was great hearing stories from their past as well as sharing our passion for boating and family.  Thanks for the great weekend.  Thanksgiving weekend is just around the corner and I won't get much done this coming week.