The seats (cockpit locker lids) needed repair as well. There was a dip that would allow water to pool on the seat. Although this pooling was nothing serious it was annoying to always have to lift the lid and wipe it down before sitting --
I do not always put out the Custom Cushion seats over the lids.
The port side lid had the largest dip. I was able to place a straight edge along the edge of the seat and slide a pencil under the straight edge. In addition to my desire to remove the dip I also wanted to add support to the lid underneath by glassing in a 1 x 2 mahogany wood.
The lid for the cockpit ice box needed attention as well. The lid is foam encased in fiberglass, and where the holes were made to fasten the hinge to the lid there was no support for the nuts that fastened underside to the lid. In order to make a strong support for the screw and nut I removed a 1 inch diameter of foam between the topside and bottom side of glass, and filled with epoxy. Afterwards, I drilled the appropriate size hole through the epoxy for the new screw and nut.
The lids shown here indicate the glass work needed to level the out the topside of the lid, as well as the cockpit icebox lid's condition. The results of the work will be coming soon in the next few posts. Please visit again to see the update.
The port side lid had the largest dip. I was able to place a straight edge along the edge of the seat and slide a pencil under the straight edge. In addition to my desire to remove the dip I also wanted to add support to the lid underneath by glassing in a 1 x 2 mahogany wood.
