Out with the old ...

Today my brother and I remove the delaminated plywood inside the companionway area.  We weren't exactly sure how to go about doing it at first, but once we got started they come off pretty easily.  We also needed to fabricate a temporary companionway hatch board since without the plywood inside the companionway, there was nothing for the companionway hatch boards to slide into.

Before

After removing plywood

Since that went so well, we also removed the cockpit "seat backs".  They are teak, but some areas have gotten a bit rotted.  This process was a bit more cumbersome since one of us had to be in the cockpit with a screw driver (my brother) and the other inside the cabin on his back in the quarter berth with a ratchet wrench (me).  There were about 12 nuts and bolts in each cockpit "seat back" holding them to the boat.  Most of them came off without too much effort and cursing.  On one though we had to use the reciprocating saw to cut the bolt.

Before

After removing the Cockpit "seat back"

All and all we had a productive day.