Installing the Coaming

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one carefully.  I used two brads to secure the ring-supporting pieces to the deck beam.  Then I clamped it down and wiped up any drips of epoxy.  I got it all attached the first time only to realize that I had it about a half inch too far to one side and had to take off all the clamps and redo it.  It took 18 clamps in all and I can't see doing it with many less than that:</div> <div> <IMG SRC="24f0bc80.jpg" border=0 width="267" height="200" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </div> <div> Since I had the epoxy all mixed up it was a good time to also make the hatch covers.  They are made of 4 mm plywood cut slightly larger than the hatch openings backed by two or three curved pieces of 6 mm plywood:</div> <div> <IMG SRC="25114cf0.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The idea is to get the cover to have a gentle bend that matches the curve of the deck.  I glued the spine pieces to the inside of the cover and it bent fairly easily 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