Back to sanding the Morgan Giles 30 deck and hull

Before the Christmas break, I filled these areas of the hull where the chainplate bolts were through the hull. They are a bit lower than the rest of the hull around the bolts, so there had to be a bit of filling with epoxy filler to bring the areas level with the surrounding area. Once these areas are sanded back level then the rest of the hull will be sanded ready to be given its second coat of epoxy primer.

The other sanding job is the area of the cockpit seating area which needs to be levelled up and any areas that need second filling can be done when the whole area is sanded back.

Most of the cockpit seating areas is spot filling as most of it is good condition 

 

Aft seating area just needs to be put together

The backs of the front panels now got their coat of epoxy 

Now been coated with gery bilge paint so now they just need to dry and then be ready to screw in position.

Patterned up the top panels , so they can be fitted along the edge the faces the inside of the hull and then they will be epoxied on the under side and the top will have a thin teak laid decking glued on the top face.

Both top panel fitted,now just need to cut into three parts each side to make them into individual lids for the different section of the lockers 

 

The aft seating area becoming along well

After fitting the two front panels it was time to put a coat of epoxy on the inside faces of the locker front , so that before they are fixed in place they will get a coat of grey bilge paint to finish off the inside of the lockers 

All the edges sealed with epoxy, then whem the backs are painted then they will be turned over and the fronts will get a thinned coat of varnish. 

The first of the lid panels fitted, then they will be cut into three separate lids as the owner as requested  

The port side getting patterned up ready to make the port side lids 

The starboard seat lid panel showing there is a good size area to sit on in comfort.

 

First day back in the New Year and the aft seating area front panels are being fitted

Cutting out the panels after the patterning up was done to ensure the front were made to fit, just a matter of transferring the marks off the pattern plywood to the marine plywood 

Cutting out the individual panels as they are slightly different  sizes as with boats the two sides are not always the same size and shape

Temporarily fitting the first of the panels just need to take some final measurements to make them fit.   

The aft edge angles taking a little while to fit correctly up to the aft locker bulkhead

Clamped into position ready to mark off the screw holes and them epoxy the back faces before fitting permanently. 

 

Start of a new year, lets gets boat repairing and restoring once more

This is the job which is going to be the first job to get ticked off my to do list. To finish the sanding back of the epoxy filler on the deck of the Morgan Giles 30, so that I can then go over the deck marking off the areas missed the first time it was filled. 

The cockpit is going to be a challenging area with a lot of different angles in such as small area, so it is going to be a combination of machine and hand sanding to sand the whole area to the correct cambers as there are a number of different camber within the area of the cockpit.

Then it will be on to the bottom of the dinghy which needs a number of small grp repairs which will need to be done using a dermal tool to do the small areas and a small grinder/ sander to do the other repairs  

The main repairs are the bottom of the stem to keel area which in the past were unprotect and the spilt on the port side which needs filling and fairing before the hull is painted again. 

The inside is fairly well sorted now. Just got to mould a new aft seat/buoyancy tank and make a new centre thwart out of Mahogany.

Once these jobs on the dinghy are done then the hull inside and outside can be primered and the gunwales and inwales can be nailed in position and they can be varnished. the breasthook and quarter knees needed and the outboard pad made and filled. 

Once all this is done then it is off to its owner for him to use once more.