Temporary edgings were added to the inside top of the cabin sides (with plastic preventing any glue being able to stick to them) and cedar edgings glued to the forward end of the cabin sides. These were bevelled to take the cabin front. After a bit of mucking about with cardboard making a template for the front I managed to at least get the bottom edge fairly well fitting and proceeded to glue and screw to the cabin sides and central support . The bottom edge was then filleted both sides.

 This picture shows both cabin sides in place .
 I was now working to a schedule!
 I had obtained new employment in northern Queensland and needed to get the boat to a stage where it could be towed  to our new home. (about 1500 km). So the pressure was on to get the cabin roof in place and sealed with epoxy (at least)

 The carlins were glued and screwed in place from frame 1 to frame 3 and then the 4mm ply cabin sides were glued and screwed to these. A 19mm square edging was glued to the internal corner where the cabin side met the bulkhead.
 Note the pencil lines marking where the windows will be placed later and the ply packing at the rear of the cabin side. The cockpit seat top will fit under the cabin side later.

 Here timber has been glued and screwed to the forward face of the ply. It was quite easy to make the timber follow the curve. End pieces were glued into position. Note that I provided a "cutout" in the middle of the track frame to allow a bow roller to be mounted. This "cutout" has timber edging. after coating the inside of the tack track with epoxy resin the front ply was glued and screwed on, and fillets formed all the way around.

 (Digression) I purchased a pre bent tack track and traced the curve onto a 6mm sheet of ply. This was glued into position with a suitably chamferred timber section on the forward side. The timber temporarily tacked on the rear face ( with plastic tape preventing the glue sticking) was the piece cut from the chamferred timber section.

 The front support for the cabin is cut and edged then glued and screwed to the foredeck.
 Note that I was working on the tack track at the same time.

 The cabin bulkhead was cut from 4mm ply - this is very flimsy. This was glued and screwed to the front of frame 3 with the central vertical support holding the bulkhead upright. Top edgings of two 19mm square cedar were laminated across the top curve of the bulkhead. The clamp in the left of the picture is holding  a carlin spacer being glued to the chine. Another spacer is attached to the rear face of frame 1.

WORKING ON THE CABIN