Cockpit seats ready for painting, Zenbivy bed delivered

The cockpit seats got their final coats of epoxy (no microballoon putty was needed) and had a wash with water using a scotchbrite to remove any amine blush and scuff the surface ready for undercoating/painting, it did look very good clear finished though.

and the Zenbivy bed arrived many thanks Katharina and the zenbivy.eu team - soon to be a video showing how it works bur if you are impatient, have a look at youtube, especially those people that prefer a bed experience to a tight restrictive bag experience, I think this makes way more sense on a boat

 Working on rudder, Stainless, mast step, companionway hatch and lots of small things and of course sanding,
and received my NEW epoxy goodies order,
so it is all systems GO!

this mount for the new nav system needs to be a bit more substantial than my previous old boats one as seen below

The companionway hatch with glass added to the rim, it will get a polycarbonate window in it that allows the navigation system to be seen with the hatch closed - the window shape and size will be finalized soon

mast step base gluing

 Installing watertight bulkhead hatches

The watertight bulkhead hatches were installed, they will be loosely tightened down on the seal and will be able to be really tightly sealed if there is any collision. The reason they will be loosely sealed is that if they are really tight the air inside can expand or contract causing a pressure difference, depending on the temp and water temp. They will have blue Dow Corning wallmate roofmate foam inside for positive buoyancy.

This is the bow collision bulkhead, as built the bottom is well above the DWL, and the opening is big enough that I can get easily inside to do things, check things.the rear hatches are the same, I am able to reach easily inside to do, fix, check, and repair things.