Reinforcing the deck panels

Align the four deck panels so that the butt seams are even so you can place the supplied 3 1/2 " plywood panels right in front of the cockpit on the bottom side of the deck. We drew pencil lines to show where the panels should lie and then drew lines on the plywood section where they needed to be cut. We didn't make it completely flush with the deck panels, they overhang a little bit, but we will have to bevel them anyways, so they can just be filed and sanded down later.

Once everything was cut we mixed some epoxy with wood flour till it was about the consistency of honey and brushed it on the both panels. Then we pressed the reinforcement panels down on the deck panels and weighted them with bricks.

Finally we cleaned all the excess epoxy with the squeegee and let it cure.