After a second coat of varnish, the floors have yet to start looking really good, but the cockpit table top is cleaning up nicely. You can see the spot where acetone was spilled. I sanded that spot to bare wood, but didn't take the rest of the table down all the way. It's starting to delaminate in one spot, so there'll be a larger project in the future.
While procrastinating about getting to the galley floor, I put in a 12V outlet to power the laptop when it's in the saloon. There'll be no more laptop cable trap on movie nights.
Then I finally got to the galley floor. I cut some of the old plywood out with a jig saw wherever it would fit and then finished by blasting away with hammer and chisel. Here's a huge pile of rot....
Where the floor used to be. I never knew how the flooring was attached at the sides of the hull. I always thought it was tabbed into the fiberglass and that replacement would be a huge job. It's done much more simply. in between bulkheads, surprisingly wimpy little plywood stringers are hung in the air over the bilge. At least that's what's done in this section. The flooring rests on those stringers and the center rib which is tabbed in. I need to auger out a bigger hole for the hoses to go through the center stringer and engineer a better way for the water maker feed hose to get up under the counter and then I'll put a new piece of plywood over the top.
I've been thinking of trying to find a more glossy varnish than the Extra Matte I've been using. To the left is a piece just varnished and to the right is one that has dried. I like the shinier finish. I varnished a little spot on one board (that'll be under the step) with the exterior glossy varnish I've used on the cockpit table, but it comes out a bit too glossy. I think I'll float into town tomorrow and take a look at Home Center.
