After an unfortunate week lost to adding more coats of Imron MS1 to the toe rail, some of which will have to be sanded off to respray because of professional painter incompetence, I went back into the V-berth and made more progress toward wrapping up the ‘desk-like structure.’
Flat sawn mahogany plywood wetted out with epoxy
For the V-berth cabinetry, I used 1/4″ ribbon-stripe mahogany plywood that I was able to buy at a bargain price because it was leftover from a big sportfisher build at a local custom boat manufacturer. While the flat sawn mahogany plywood I’m using elsewhere on the boat is attractive, it looks quite different from the quarter sawn ribbon-stripe. I used a sheet of the flat sawn for this one panel on the ‘desk-like structure,’ and I have some small pieces of the ribbon-stripe leftover, so I used one to cover this panel and make it all consistent.
Lots of clamps press the panels together
A little peek at the ribbon-stripe
Next day…looks great!
The last ribbon-stripe panel, back from the paint shop
The “desk-like structure” corner molding is also coated with ICA base
Wetted out with epoxy and clamped in place
The step-up for the ‘desk-like structure” is glued, screwed, and clamped in place
Next day…looks good!
Looks even better with the hatch in place
Next, I glued and screwed the air conditioner base frames in place
With sticky epoxy in the way and the weekend clock run out, that was a wrap. I’ll be covering all of the exposed plywood edges with mahogany moldings, but that can be done at any time.
Next up in our 1969 Chris Craft Roamer 46 Refit: More Work On The V-berth ‘Desk-like Structure’
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