Screw (rusted, with damp core) and bracket removed, damp core removed and dryed, filled with epoxy and fillet, then glass to bond floor to step face, eliminating any screws into the core

Screw holes in boat hull core filled with epoxy, after being undercut, then fillet to Decaboard, with sanding boat bottom and then laminating biaxial between decaboard and the boat bottom--no more screws into the core.

Hole, filled with clear epoxy, where 2\" #12 screw went into either core or support for foreward deck--was damp, dryed, epoxied and screw reset with sealant. The joint between the cockpit floor and aft bulkhead is now sealed to prevent any further water intrusion.

Note the dirt on the foreward lip, and no bedding on the frame. *

Moisture on plwywood both from screw holes and from around the lack of caulking

Two trim screw holes where water was comming thru the deck from hatch lack of bedding

Foreward part of hatch plywood, with spray of gel coat over the raw edge

initial photo after the \"flapper\" valve is taken off. There is gel coat smeared over the wood boring, and some voids. *

Wood sanded clean--notice a small void at the very back, where the aft deck is attatched

Void from the inside, cleaned out for glass application

a layer of glass fibers and a layer of 10 oz cloth laid over the void with epoxy. A second layer of cloth is placed over this and into the transom opening

Final layer of epoxy, and 10 oz glass covering the hole, with two layers of 10 oz glass covering and tying the void in the foreward area--all water tight. *

Fast set epoxy *

fast set epoxy and screws to make a right angle bracket to hold a fuel pump

West systems epoxy and hardner

fillers: cabosil, microlite and microfibers

epoxy and hardner mixed in cup

adding cabosil by the Pinch

Cabosil thickened and addition of microlite filler

Mixed to peanut butter consistancy ready to spread

filler in area where fillet will be formed

Fillet created with spreader tool

final fillet

finel fillet from side