Hi All - Thought I would share a few photos of my progress and take the opportunity to ask a few more questions of the group. I spent the weekend removing all loose items from the cabin so I could have a good clean in there. There were small mildew spots on the cabin top fiberglass headliner and other surfaces. So I mixed bleach & detergent concoction I got out of Don Casey's book and wiped down the whole inside. Smell a lot better in there now! See attached pictures. I have several areas where I have water staining. I am planning on taking off the deck top items and re-bedding them. Seems like a major portion of the leaking is coming from the port lights and top of the cabin corner where the teak corner rail is attached (see attached picture). It looks like this piece of teak is in two pieces and screwed together. Does anyone have any experience removing this teak trim? Any advice? Looks like removal of the port lights is pretty straight forward. Unscrew the interior frame and take them apart, clean and then re-bed? Sean - looks like you have a really cool portside 1/4 berth extension. I bet that gives you some much needed shoulder room when sleeping there? I can see in your photos where you have the teak cushion stop in two pieces and can have the doweled so it can be used with the original size cushion or you can add your added cushion piece extending the 1/4 berth a bit. Looks like about 4" or so? How do you support the whole thing when extended? Do you have some flat supports you extend under the cushions? I also see a cleat attached to the bulkhead. Do you have any pictures of the set up you can share? Do you like and use the extension? I removed the standing rigging and dropped it off at Inland sailing in Rancho Cordova for replacement. It was all original and in pretty bad shape. They said words like "scary" and "dangerous" when I brought it in. Having fun so far.....it only time and money right.....it's about the journey :) Todd Bradley M-23 #86
