A major step forward with the Morgan Giles 30 the first pair of bulkheads being Glassed in position

The second bulkhead now fitted in position and ready to Glass in position after the second bulkhead was trimmed in the centre to fit the first bulkhead that was glassed in position last week

Clamped in position in the centre and braced against the hull with a clamp that was reversed to push apart the centre and force the bulkhead against the hull to make a good fit 

The first of 8 layers of glass fibre matting to be pull on both sides of the bulkheads

Tomorrow the area under the side deck to the deck head will be glass in and then the other side can be done and then the doorway can cut in the bulkhead. 

Once that is done the second set of bulkheads can be fitted and glassed in position 

Also today the Finesse 24 aft and side deck panel were dry fitted to the deck beams and the under sides were epoxied as request by the yachts owner before they are screwed and glued down into position 

Work on the Morgan Giles 30 as come along and the interior is now starting to come together

The aft cockpit bulkhead now back in position and the two fore and aft running bulkheads now glassed back in position 

The first of the main bulkheads glassed in position, now it is time to fit the starboard bulkhead  into position and then cut the doorway out of the bulkheads once they are both in position and glassed in  

Another job that was done while fitting the bulkheads was to make a custom ice box locker fro the cockpit. Now it as to have the outside surfaces covered with insulation before fitting in to its new home in the starboard cockpit locker  

Finally finished the repairs to the rudder blade which had some loose matting around the leading and trailing edges which were removed and reinstated and the whole rudder epoxied like the hull and ready to have fitter pull on the areas which need fairing.

The first of the small top plank repairs

The small area of rotten top plank and gunwale and deck beam

All the rot cut out and the new grating piece being glued in position 

The piece of gunwale being glued in position at the same time 

All clamped up and glued together 

After a quick sanding back and now ready to get this top plank varnished 

The gunwale planed back to match the rest of the deck beams and gunwale and the deck beam socket cut out ready to fit the new deck beam.

Getting to grips with the top plank of the Finesse 24 and bring the colour back to the faded varnished top plank

The start of getting rid of years of varnish and then sanding back the faded plank 

The colour starting to re-appear after a good sanding back

The rudder repairs completed and the first coat of Gelshield applied and the ice locker removed from its mould and trimmed ready to fit the insulation.

Now that the rudder repairs are completed it gets its first coat of Gelshield epoxy before it as its fairing filler applied 

The ice box locker now released from its mould and getting the top edge trimmed ready for the insulation fitted before it is fitted into position in the starboard aft cockpit locker