Interior Bunk Structure

With the slanted Frame S temporarily fixed in place, I was able to continue working on the interior. In my mind, I had a clear plan—I wanted to finish the main cabin and cockpit understructure before removing everything again for coating.

To start, I made cardboard strips. The cardboard came as packaging with the plywood, and I had saved it from the beginning for this purpose. I used my track saw to cut the strips and hot glue to assemble them.

Somewhere around Frame S, a cut in the bunk sides was necessary—otherwise, it would have been impossible to fit them in. I made this cut just behind the frame and then created a backing piece as a doubler. A nice bonus was that this allowed me to connect the structure to the cockpit sole, filling the gap that would have otherwise existed between the cockpit sole and the bunk top.

Next, I started fitting battens along the top edge. I also added an additional batten roughly 40 cm to the side of the bunk for extra stability, along with vertical supports on the dividers at Frames B and C.

In the center, just behind Bulkhead D, is where I plan to house my batteries. I sectioned off this area specifically for that purpose. Additionally, it will serve as an aft-facing seat between the galley and the navigation area.