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I had a little trouble getting the front window panels fitted becuase there would’ve been too much of a twist in the panel. I ended up fitting a doug fir wedge on the upper side to help reduce the twist. There’s still a little there, but it’s much more manageable. It’s all epoxied together, but I’ll put some long stainless screws through the whole assembly and it’ll be plenty strong. There’ll be a small cosmetic issue on the inside, but I’ll probably be the only one who would notice. I think there’s going to be way too many places that I, being the builder, will notice more than others will. Oh well, I think I can clean it up reasonably well. A pass over with the grinder to shape it and some epoxy/microballons followed by way too much sanding, and it’ll be fine. I’ve been trying to find the balance of it looking good enough and getting the job done. I don’t want to spend the next 5 years not sailing. Making it strong enough is easy, it’s the fine finish that takes the most time.

This will probably be the last cuddy photo update for awhile. I want to spend some time cleaning up the inside before I put the roof on. It’s much easier to move around now, and I have to get all those corners sanded sometime, so I may as well do it now…sanded corners just don’t make for very exciting pictures.

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