Coamings and paint

 Most of the work lately has been centered on  getting the coaming finished. The coaming consists of two layers of bent plywood with exposed ply edges which are prone to water intrusion and not particularly attractive. So I added a thin mahogany cap to better seal the edges and hopefully give it a nicer, more finished look. Below, you can see a portion of the coaming with the cap epoxied in place.

This is a shot of the rough mahogany material and another after a quick sanding with 60 grit. Once it gets an epoxy coating, it will be quite a bit darker and redder like the adjacent deck.

The mahogany cap is cut a bit oversized and I will run the flush-cut router bit over it so it will match the thickness of the coaming exactly. The rear corners were a bit tricky and required a three-layer lamination to take the correct bend. So it's back to the bending jig to get those bits made.

I've also gotten a couple primer coats of white on the cockpit area. Once that has a chance to cure a bit, I will hit it with a couple coats of the off-white color I've chosen for the interior. Hopefully this will reduce glare a bit.

Here the centerboard is in place so I can start fitting the running rigging for the up/downhaul. I'm trying to route most of the rigging along side the centerboard case below the level of the seat tops so I can potentially add hatches to cover the foredeck to make a sleeping deck.
 

 It's getting close to rigging time!