The ugly remains of the old cockpit have been cut away. Check out just how ugly, a couple of posts back.The upper edge has been framed up with a 40mm pipe, so that there is a nice rounded edge. Looks good and is easy on the back of the knees if sitting on the edge with legs in the cockpit well. I then made a light frame with angle iron and then plated with 3mm steel. There is additional reinforcing to support the steering pedestal as this can take some fairly hefty loads when in a big sea.
Cockpit drains go to 50mm galvanised steel pipe and go all the way aft to exit at the transom.
All ready for a final clean up and a few coats of paint.
