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I would like to show you more of the work that's involved in strengthening the cabin top as well as the cabin walls.
When I first installed the V-berth hatch I made a critical error in using Polyster for the attachment of the wood to the cabin
top, epoxy is the material of choice. Doc John explained as he showed me how easy the wood would (catchey) detach from
the cabin top. Just a little heat from the heat gun and it poped right off.... bummer, so we went about re-installing
it the proper way with epoxy and inturgrating it with the balsa core material, it will take more than a little hot air for
this to come off........maybe a 1/4 stick of TNT...........CHUCKLE
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After grinding all the loose garbage off the cabin top you can get started on the resurface, cut out the
top layer of any areas not firmly bonded to the core material before the resurface
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Cut and fit all the fabric before you start with the Polyster resin, you won't have any time to make corrections.
The resin is very fast curing and all you will have is a big mess if you don't have things ready.
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Sorry, no pictures in process, no time for such things
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Next, the gel-coat. Doc John and I used both a brush and short nap roller to put on the gel-coat.
We found that the roller left a very nice surface for anti-skid.......then sanding the areas that you want smooth gives a
very nice overall appearence.
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Installing the foam core over the existing window ports gives new strength to the cabin walls
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