Cabintop Filled

The cabintop is filled with one layer HIGH BUILD EPOXY FILLER from Yachtcare

Cabintop Glass Coated

Glass coating of the cabintop has been finished. My wife just smothing the last piece of peel ply.

Cabintop Ready for Glass Coating

Work on the Companionway Hatch

Cabintop is Tight

I opened the hole for the hatch, because it was pitch dark in the cabin. I already needed a headlamp for the last tasks !

Building the Cabintop

For building the cabintop I couldn't relate on Dudley Dix's drawings, because I changed the hight to gain more headroom. Therefore I fitted the panels step by step to the bulkheads. In order to get harmonic bending curves I used 20x20 mm² spline-battens. Before glueing I aligned and fixed the panels with help of nail-plates.

Illustration of building the cabintop in five steps

In a first step the roof panel has been glued over the bulkheads. The 20x20 mm² spline-battens helped to achieve a harmonic bending of the panel. 
In a second step the side panel was fixed with nail-plates temporarily. Another spline-batten was used to define the chine curve.

After cutting the chine curve the panel was glued and fixed with nail-plates until the epoxi has set.

Cabintop after step 4 has been accomplished

Cabintop after step 5 has been accomplished

Rear Deck-Stringers Inserted