Now once the rear decking was fixed in place I moved on to the centre deck section. I kept the original deck as mentioned earlier, this fitted ok and had all the railing holes in position. I scraped
all the paint off and recoated with fresh while it was off as this was easier to rework. New supports were made for the deck and extra plastic angle strips were added to stiffen the deck up.
The deck was then fitted and new combing around the main access area glued in place. This served 2 jobs, 1 to stop water entering the hull from off the deck area and 2 to help locate the main superstructure that was to be left loose for access to the radio gear, battery and motors.
The bow decking was then renewed and fitted plus the upstand joining the two decks, forward of the superstructure
The next job was to use the old bow bulwarks as templates to produce new left and right hand sides.offering them up a couple of times before being happy with the fit. The bow was then fitted plus a couple of bulwark ribs to strengthen the sections while the glue set.Then extra ribs were added as the original and this strengthened the whole structure no end