I spent the whole weekend working on Sabrina, the weather was really, really hot. According to the temperature gauge in the car it was 28'C mid afternoon. When I arrived at the boat Sunday morning at 8am it was 18'C.
I'd taken the cover off of her on Saturday and managed to not get sun burnt, however it was a close thing so on Sunday I decided to leave the cover in place, but propped the sides open to make a sun screen:
I cut the glass support out of some 1" x 8" hardwood and also the support above the window. The support for the glass didn't come out as well as I expected so I decided to remake that on Sunday morning, hopefully the pictures below shows that the window looks like it was always there:
I've also managed to finish covering the support timbers that I replaced a couple of weeks ago with 6mm marine ply:
I'd been wondering what to do about the hatch at the rear an had been toying with the idea of going to a scrap yard and getting some boot lifters from an old car to act as a lift mechanism as the existing wood and metal supports just were not in keeping with the boat as she originally had a sliding roof. When I was browsing through the screwfix catalogue I noticed they sold lid stays, for kitchen cupboards so I picked up a pair of them.
They were a real pain to fit, but I managed to get them in place and I am more than pleased with the result:
A couple of weeks ago I ordered a slab of hardwood for the port side of the cockpit, after plenty of time with the thickneser planer she was the right size, a couple of drill holes and some big screws and its in place:
I had a couple of hours spare at the end of the Sunday so I decided to sort out the edging on the roof line where the roof slides closed. Epoxy resign goes off very quickly in the warmth and I do mean very quickly :D
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