Starting to make the new surround round the engine bay of the speedboat, the first job is to strengthen the thin plywood panels on each side of the engine bay so that hinges can be set into the outboard ends of the hatch opening

Having re-design the engine bay opening the outboard edges need strengthening to make them about fit large hinges to the outboard face of the engine bay.

This pattern is the cab=mber the hatch lids are going to have when they are made with laminated hatch beams.