Filling the hole... into the engine room

The engine room hatch is not a big issue in the scheme of things but the hole into the engine room makes the boat look very unfinished. So Chris and I decided today we would try to fix it.

We bought 2x1 timber and some long screws to fix the frame in place and spent quite some time working on it.

Alas we failed. At least we failed to complete it. We screwed the frame in place and it didn't look quite right and tried to make filler pieces of 2x1 and wedged the frame in place and then the hatch itself wouldn't fit and kept falling out.

Suddenly I noticed the holes through the frame were countersunk from the back, which meant the frame must have been fitted from the back.

OK, so we failed, but we now knew what we should do to fix it... tomorrow.