Test fit

Centerboard alot originally ended at the front seat.   I  needed to remove up to the kingpost to raise the board fully.  

I did find that a flashlight shining through the pivot holes from side to side made it easy for me to position the centerboard in the slot.  Cool find. 

I needed to cut the final 2" forward into the bow seating area up to the centerboard kingpost in order to get the board to fully retract into the case.  All is good now.  Glad I did this.  

board goes up and down.  

11-8-14

Started screwing in the center seat.  Immediately broke off a screw in the top of the seat when it hit the horizontal screw going into the seat cleat.  Decided afterwards to use larger screws on the cleats and forgo the glue.  Will plug the gaffe. 

Stepping on the seats prior to gluing led to a small crack where the butt blocks are on the same places port and starboard.  Will glue these up and get this deck on permanently to strengthen these area.  Afterwards, I will add inspection ports to the tanks port and starboard.  This will allow to add the empty wine bladders and inspect the areas for moisture, as well as ventilate during storage.  

11-11-14 

Epoxied seats to framing today,  Forward portion under the seats is sealed with Sikaflex, as well as the internal bulkhead that separates the storage compartment from the flotation compartment.  I think it is sealed tight at this point in time.  Will add 6" ports just forward of the bulkhead for inspection purposes and to extract the small inflated wine bladder (from a boxed wine) that is still in the starboard compartment.  If it is still inflated come spring, will add more.  

I also installed seat drains so that when the boat is heeled, the seats will drain or at least avoid a huge puddle.  

All that is left is to remove all the tiny sheet rock screws, and fill the seams with epoxy filler.  Will try to fair the hole around the drain plugs as well.  

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