"Blue stuff" seems to have gotten all over all of them somehow. Because the bottom lip of stainless will be exposed along side the wood frames, it needed to be scraped, cleaned and polished.

The inside stainless edge can be polished after, from the outside, once it has warmed up a bit. In the pilothouse, the original idea was to make the frames flush with the edges and support them with the "T" frames fore and aft. But this would mean the frames would need to be excessively wide on the aft end so that idea has been scrapped.

Now the foam must be cut out around the hatch to accommodate the wood framing. (Top right)

Blue stuff was carefully painted back on to the foam afterwards. While wet, it can be removed with a wet rag.

I used a beveled sanding disk on the grinder, then a 60 grit sanding cylinder on the drill to polish up the bottom edge.

Our friend at the machine shop that did our rudder shaft showed me that. Pretty cool trick! Gena put in the wood mounting plate for the house pressure pump. Every boat needs a pressurized water system I think. Manual foot pumps are going in as a failsafe but I know we'll never use them.  Anyway, she asked me if it should be coated with blue stuff as it is treated plywood. I thought it might as well be because what's left in the can will just get thrown away anyway. Unfortunately I should have taken the picture before that. lol

We have a unique idea about how to pursue the design of the berth.