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I would build a balsa or foam cored fiberglass box to do this... using solid plywood or fiberglass is going to make it very heavy when a cored laminate can do the same thing, be stronger and lighter. Also, instead of bolting it...it might make more sense to glass it in place... since that would make it an intergral part of the cabin top and make it much stronger and far less likely to leak.
Be aware that such a modification can either be done well or make the boat look like complete crap... so it really does pay to take some time to think it out and possibly even mock up a prototype before fabbing the actual piece.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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