At last I managed to get round to working on the sliding roof, its not complete but I'm pleased with it so far. All but one of the supporting timbers that make it up was ok so it only needed one slat to be made, however the sides were too far gone so a couple of 3" x 2" timbers and a lot of sanding later and they were shaped.
The original roof was covered in 12mm plywood, but the roof was very heavy and you needed some muscles to slide it, the new version is made of 9mm which hasn't altered its strength but made it a little lighter.
By the time I had finihed the root it was getting late in the evening so one of the jobs that needed doing was filling the screw holes where the new roof was bonded to the old one, so 5 pots of epoxy filler later and it looks like the roof is covered in cotton balls.
Its been a milestone of a weekend, the last patch of rot was cut from the deck and replaced.
There are only a couple of minor jobs left to do and that will be all the repairs above the water line complete. Its been a long year so far, but I reckon another 4-6 weeks and she'll be ready to go back on the water.
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