Deck now been sanded and given its coat of inter protect primer and when its cured a coat of sand deck paint

The deck was sanded smooth and then given a coat of International InterProtect Primer to seal the epoxy covered deck and give it a base to paint the deck paint on to once it as cured

One job done and once the deck paint is applied the Rubbing strakes and coamings can be made and fitted

Then comes the days of refitting all the fittings both on deck and elsewhere on the dinghy. Then it will be off to the rigging people for its new standing and running rigging.

A day preparing the deck and covering the new deck with epoxy and matting.

Masking up the inside to stop any epoxy going on to the newly fitted thwarts and seats 

brown paper masking the hull to stop any epoxy going on the varnished hull

Starting to put ther first coat of epoxy on the deck before laying the matting on top and then applying more epoxy resin to seal up the matting 

Foredeck all but finished applying the epoxy resin 

The decks having their layer of matting 

Done the foredeck and down the side decks just the aft deck to finish it off

All done just waiting for it to cure and then trim the edges

The end of the deck and time for a cup of coffee 

The thwarts and side benches now in and the filled ready for sanding and sheaving

An empty shell at the beginning of the day 

The thwarts and side benches now getting screwed in position 

The jigsaw puzzle now coming together at last

 The decks now taking shape and soon be ready to get covered with epoxy and matting

Good to see the boat coming together and looking more like its old self once more and getting ready to go sailing

Deck screwed down and the seating starting to go back in

The deck screwed down and the screws holes filled with filler and the seats starting to go back in

The seats are now starting to go back in and get fixed in 

The deck now on and glued down and the edges trimmed and the last two broken ribs replaced

The deck finally fitting 

All glued and screwed down and now being trimmed back

The last two ribs now steamed in position and cliched in position 

The deck all done and now to start to cover with epoxy and matting and then start to fit the deck fittings and rubbing strakes and the cockpit coamings