Blowing 20+ knots, and cold. My good friend Aled Lewis from Wales left his post at the Center for Furniture Craftsmenship and met me at my shop at 10 minutes of 3:00, with two of his students. We easily lifted the cockpit into the back of my truck. I drove through the legs of the Travelift (I'm serious), in the harbor as it was en-route to my boat, at 2:57. Perfect timing.

We tied on two of my heaviest dock lines and the cockpit was air borne.

It caught up on a couple things that were easily moved, as Nate on the hoist carefully inched it down into place. It fit. The clearance around the perimeter needed adjusting but we had 'just' enough wiggle room.

Once I was satisfied, I went in one direction - Aled in the other - driving pilot holes through the ledger. Then Nate picked the cockpit back up, Aled steadied it overhead in the wind, and I ran a bead of West 6-10 around the flange.

Back down it went, and two boxes of #10 screws were driven. The plywood deck had quite a warp. I had to stand on the last edge as Aled drove the screws. It all came down and 6-10 oozed out all around. Nate, the Travelift operator, was in his car headed home at 3:30.

Just for fun, I fit the perimeter decking pieces and I'm pretty sure they'll work(with a little trimming). Walking on top, it's a solid as rock. It was a good day.