Cockpit progress photos.
From the stern, the new lower cockpit sole gives lots more legroom and supports the hull very well. The new CB trunk and oak cuddy post with no controls.
Stern view, I still need to add the bulkhead and bench seat across the cockpit with a seatback. You can see from this pic that even at the stern the new sole is 3 1/2" lower than the original sole floor. Forward it is almost 8". That proved very comfortable on the trial sail.
The new CB trunk open on one side for the installation of the board control cables. Not yet installed is an emergency cb board deployment system that I found elsewhere on this forum. A 1/2" by 4" long bolt was installed in the back top of the trunk. If the board is stuck, simply unscew the bolt and us a pushrod to deploy the cb. And yes it did work quite nicely.
The downhaul cable is right next to the cuddy post and is hard to see. The uphaul cable and pulley are to the stern or photo right. The pulley in the cb trunk is a mast halyard pulley from a Catalina 22. These are the inner trunk penetrations that I think still leak, sigh.
The uphaul cable will be connected to another pulley and cleat at the top of the cuddy post at about the angle I am holding the cable in the photo. This worked pretty well in the trial sail.
Once the oak post was secured the small temporary support board on the inside of the cuddy was removed. All of the cb board control cable cleats and pulleys were mounted to the post.
Other than cleats and controls this is pretty much how she looked for yesterdays trial sail. More pics to follow in a few days. All of this due to poor trailer design and being stored outside with the cockpit drain plug installed. But hey, their loss my gain.