Having made the new locker lid on the port side of the cockpit I found the ply around it was pretty tired. Previously the cockpit seats had been enlarged (made deeper and slightly longer) and the ply used on on top was pretty crap and has not lasted. Seems to be a theme here: the inside woodwork modifications were mostly very well done, but the exterior work was not. Fortunately it's not hard to correct.
So, I decided to replace all the top wood. I am doing it in sections, and today did the port side, next I will do the port and starboard quarters and in doing so will also remove the outboard motor fuel tanks that were installed and revert the space to storage. The fuel tank installations were never finished and the tanks have never been used. Personally I prefer not to sit on top 200 liters of gasoline.
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| Finding and extracting fasteners. |
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| Top ply removed. |
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| The hose is connected to the fuel tank, but goes nowhere. |
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| Test fitting everything. |
Once I have fitted all the replacement wood I will pull it all apart again, epoxy saturate, etc, etc, and then we will paint out the whole cockpit area.
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