Marking out the roof beam for the main cabin roof

Using the old roof/ deck beam as a pattern 

Marked it off on the plank of hardwood, it shows how much curve there is in the beam camber 

Cut out of the plank of hardwood and now ready to cut near to the scribe marks and so it can be plane to the correct shape ready to plane down to thickness and fit in position on the repaired cabin side

Remaking the top of the cabin side

The first job in the reconstruction of the cabin roof is the cutting out of the rotten top section of the cabin side. This was done by use of a sonic saw and a batten fixed to the cabin side at the bottom edge of the rot and cut along the top edge of the batten cutting a straight line along from aft to forward. 

Having cut the rotten area out, patterned up a new piece of mahogany to fit in the space and clamped it down into position  

It also needed clamping side wards as well as the cabin side has a 9 mm bend in it from forward to aft, Once it was drilled and glued and screwed into position then it was time to sort out the rest of the parts that make up the cabin side and roof.

The cabin roof beams that are in bits and a small jigsaw puzzle which will have to be remade to finish off the deck beams and so the plywood can be laid over the new deck beams once they are made and fitted 

The deck beams set out on the new bit of mahogany ready to be cut on Monday morning and when planed up fixed in position and when the other deck beams are made the plywood can be laid over the beams 

The supports for floor bearers are in position and now the whole of the cockpit feels safe once more

Now the supports for the floor sole bears are in position the whole of the cockpit floor feels all together safer and the working height for doing the cabin roof repairs is at a height that can be worked at safely.   

Now just got to screw the temporary panels in position and will be able to get on with the repairs to the cabin roof beams  

The final coats of undercoat and other paint jobs well underway

The last but one coat of varnish on the transom, which with every coat is looking more beautiful 

The hull now as had its final coat of undercoat and the bottom as had its final coat of underwater primer  

The keel as had a coat of Epoxy VC Tar primer to give protect to the keel.

Work coming along steady towards the yacht going back to its owners

The cabin sides starting to be masked up ready for the sheathing of the deck next week

The cockpit sole bearers coming along well with just the extra supports to go in under the middle bearers