Hope you all have been busy sailing away this summer. I have been working part time on the cockpit (not as much as I should), I hope to step up the work now that is is a bit cooler.
Materials: I chose Okume Marine plywood. Joubert Okoume is the highest quality marine plywood available today. Joubert Okoume is certified by Lloyd’s of London to be manufactured to the British Standard 1088. It is also lighter that other Marine Plywood.
Cockpit floor and bridge deck 3/4" Okume and side of cockipt 1/2".
I built the "box" with butted corners and glued them with wateproof glue. The bottom (floor) was reinforced with 1/4" alum angle all corners covered with west system episize unidirectional tape. The whole box was primed with 2 part epoxy primer.
The bridge deck and edging (where doors attach near combing) is also 3/4 Okume. Glued and screwed to combing. This also will be primed with 2 part on all sided and edges.
I am going to do the bridge deck, cockpit and possibly seats with fiberglass.
Issues:
I have the orig man hole for the cockipt but am missing the ring it sits in.
I am considering not putting back the 2 small doors near the mizzen mast and make that a straight seat that does not open.
My steering pully blocks are wood ( I really like Bills boat they had bronze blocks cast) I may try to have some made.
I have my orig pedistal/compas and don't know if I will keep it or go with a new edison.
I still need to see what others have for steering configurations under the cockpit, I think we all have the pulleys attached to the floor..
I will post the pictures on my Yahoo pictures site as I work along.
My combings and hatch bulkhead could use replacing, but I am opting to leave them for now . The bulkhead will be painted with epoxy paint for now.
Materials: I chose Okume Marine plywood. Joubert Okoume is the highest quality marine plywood available today. Joubert Okoume is certified by Lloyd’s of London to be manufactured to the British Standard 1088. It is also lighter that other Marine Plywood.
Cockpit floor and bridge deck 3/4" Okume and side of cockipt 1/2".
I built the "box" with butted corners and glued them with wateproof glue. The bottom (floor) was reinforced with 1/4" alum angle all corners covered with west system episize unidirectional tape. The whole box was primed with 2 part epoxy primer.
The bridge deck and edging (where doors attach near combing) is also 3/4 Okume. Glued and screwed to combing. This also will be primed with 2 part on all sided and edges.
I am going to do the bridge deck, cockpit and possibly seats with fiberglass.
Issues:
I have the orig man hole for the cockipt but am missing the ring it sits in.
I am considering not putting back the 2 small doors near the mizzen mast and make that a straight seat that does not open.
My steering pully blocks are wood ( I really like Bills boat they had bronze blocks cast) I may try to have some made.
I have my orig pedistal/compas and don't know if I will keep it or go with a new edison.
I still need to see what others have for steering configurations under the cockpit, I think we all have the pulleys attached to the floor..
I will post the pictures on my Yahoo pictures site as I work along.
My combings and hatch bulkhead could use replacing, but I am opting to leave them for now . The bulkhead will be painted with epoxy paint for now.
