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Lots of sanding to do next  Companion way hatch and hood. 

New Poplar floor in My Dream. No Oil versus 1 coat of oil.

My Dream Boat to do list 2019 Paint bottom DONE Paint blue lines below rubrails. DONE Epoxy bad spots on deck and paint deck with EZPoxy. DONE Check spark plugs DONE Start motor DONE Check through hulls DONE New life lines or covers DONE Get cushions make cushions v berth 58 x 76 x 15  Change bedding. DONE Bring out anchor paint chrome. DONE Grease window rubber. DONE Wax bright sides. DONE Redo rubrails varnish DONE Install winches DONE Redo table with new edging  DONE Make a hardwood floor 60 x 42. DONE Paint pedestal on table chrome. DONE Instal new main sheet track. DONE Rebed all hardware on deck with butyl tape and big washers on inside on port side. DONE

Took plywood floor out of My Dream. sanded it down and decided it was good enough to use as a backing for the hardwood Poplar floor I am laying. Spent 133.00 at Home Depot for the wood. Much better than the price for teak or for the PVC fake teak like NuTeak or IsitTeak which would be 1500.00

Over 100 feet of lifelines to strip. Wire is good underneath. Bought 18 pieces of 6' lengths of lifeline covers from Binnacle. Halfway done.  About 6 hours in. Beats spending 700+ dollars on new life lines.

Switched to maintenance on My Dream, the 27.5 Cal-Jensen. 3 weeks to launch.

Spent the afternoon with Jim Snow making the tabs for the back side of the companionway entrance. Glued them in place and used the extra thickened epoxy to make fillets inside the companionway hood.

Sanding, sanding, sanding.  Way too much sanding. :)

Took off clamps and screws after gluing up companionway hood. Used a hand saw to trim the edges. There was a lot of overhang. I have seen this in other blogs of kit builders. Then used a rasp and finally power sanders to finish the job. Next to give it a coat of fiberglass. Pictures below of the dry fit of hatch cover and companionway hood.

First entry in a long while. I did some fiberglassing in the fall on the footwell.  This completes the top sides fiberglassing. Today, Jan 20,3019 I spent a few hours retweaking the pieces for the companionway hood and glued it up. Notice in the third picture you can see the braces I had to use to prop up the cabin top so the sides of the companionway hood fit properly and there is no gap between them and the cabin top. Noticed the John Bratton in the blog "The Pocketship Yard" had the same problem.