Its been a few weeks since I last posted but made a little progress here and there. Some of these I don't have pics to prove it happened so I will have to take some pics and post later.
I decided to not spend big bucks on a windlass and instead I cut a hole in the deck where I can just open a anchor hatch and deploy the anchor from there. Once the hatch was delivered I realized I would have a problem mounting it on the deck because near the bow the deck is not flat so the hatch wont sit flush and if I screwed it down it would flex the hatch where it would never close. So I cut out the hole for the hatch, reinforced the deck with a piece of 1/2 plywood and then built a curb out of hairy peanut butter where it was thin at the center line of the deck/hatch and would raise up towards the right and left about 1/2 an inch. Once that hardened I put the hatch back in place and marked the outer edge and then took a Dremel and cut around the outer edge forming the curb. I sanded the inside edge flat and smooth but the inner lip of the hatch covers that part anyway. I than took some thickened resin with fairing compound and fixed the outer edge of the curb where it will have a smooth curved transition down to the deck. I still need to finish sanding it but overall it is looking pretty good.
I had to cut out part of the old bulk head in the bow to get the 1/2 piece of plywood installed. I will be replacing this piece with a new piece of plywood that will be attached on all sides unlike the old one that didn't attach at the top.
I attached the new piece of plywood with PB and then short stainless steel screws into the old plywood on the deck which surprisingly is still in great shape. I guess since it is so far forward and lucky for me any screw holes had silicone in them the wood is very well preserved even after 43 years.
