Part 12: Building Our Trailerable Dreamboat

Cabinsides Are in Place—Hooray!—But With Nervous Questions. What’s Next?

It’s time, at long last, to get serious about cabin-building on our little 20-foot cruiser, so here goes.

After playing with flimsy pattern-stock mockups, including the final cabinside pattern (below), we were eager to cut the actual 6mm cabinsides.

Above - Our adjustable, temporary, thumb-screwed frames worked great, supporting the marine ply at a steady 6-degree inward lean while a bead of System Three’s Gel-Magic, applied to the outer seam, held everything in place. (At a later stage, cedar frames will secure the cabinsides, but for now the adjustable frames were fine.)