Coamings are not meant to sit tight against the sides of the cockpit. The construction is loose. The quarter round teak trim pieces are meant to hide the rather large, 1/4"?, gap. The winch bases must be installed first, so that they sit flush on the side decks and at the right height on the coamings, top surface of the winch base about 1/8" below the top surface of the coaming.
- Installed icebox lid.
- Installed trimmed bungs in companionway trim using the Ridgid multitool
and a piece of card stock to keep the tool slightly higher than the surfaace.
- Sanded down the bungs to be flush with the surface of the companionway trim.
- Serviced jib winches.
- Drilled the winch bases in order to mount the winches.
- Installed jib winches onto the winch bases.
- Removed all paint from the brass? u-shaped piece that runs around the bottom of the starboard winch base.
- Installed winch bases.
- Installed coamings. Needed a trip to Fawcett's for fasterners. Did not resuse any fasteners in installing the winch bases or the coamings. Drilled the winch bases flange that matches the coamings. Drilled the sides of the cockpit to open the few coaming mounting holes that had been closed in refinishing the cockpit.
- Applied Awlwood yellow primer to the bunged and sanded surfaces of the companionway trim.
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- Next steps:
- Attach cleats and various fittings to coamings.
- Install companionway hatch and hatch boards.
- Bend on sails.
- Apply first coat of Awlwood gloss the bunged surfaces of the companionway trim.
