Cockpit, sorted

Foot bensons and forward console glued in. Once this cures, I can finally get the cockpit out of the boat and finish off the hull parts under it.

The forward console is two layers of 5mm ply, glued into the dished shape, then glued down to the fore-and-aft benson pieces and some shaped end pieces. I wanted to use two layers (albeit of thinner ply) since a lot of hardware attaches here, and it seemed silly to have a patchwork of backing plates.

The benson foot pieces each have tape on two sides, since they act as cockpit stringers as well. The bit of deck under the console will get mostly cut away after the cockpit is removed from the boat and flipped over. The console cover can then also be better filleted and taped underneath. Later, to the bottom of the console I'll attach cheek blocks and cam cleats, with lines exiting the face of the benson on each side.

The bensons aft of the traveller will get filled with 2# pour-foam, and their ends then sanded to some happy shape and glassed with an extra layer or two. I need to tilt the cockpit up a ways to pour in the foam.

Another obstacle to putting the sides on, done. So I'm happy about that.....