Like so many of those model, mine was rotted out in all the usual places. Window tracks, bulkheads, doors, while I didn't do a ground-up restoration as some of the members have, I did manage to correct quite a few of the problems and made some trim changes which, I think, are an improvement over the original design.

Putting in new window tracks was not too hard ... I after sealing up the leaks I rebedded them in 5200 .......... they are not going anywhere ... (at least not without the aid of Kryptonite or something equally as exotic).

I also had to remove all the rot from the sides and replace that wood .... That was done with both wood and marine-tex .... the biggest challenge came in repairing the doors and bulkhead .. The repairs themselves were not all that difficult (make no mistake it was no walk in the park either). taking it apart however, was another matter entirely. I don't know what psychopathic "gimme the longest screws you can find and let me bury them" shipwright built that thing ... but he was diabolically clever at doing so. The starboard bulkhead is bolted, cross-bolted, thru-bolted and then, just for fun, sealed in place with whatever was used in 1973.

To get the bulk head out, we first had to remove the salon doors, we then removed every screw we could find ... ha! ... It wouldn't budge knew there had to be more .... Eventually we did what practically every guy will do in that situation .... Tried to muscle it off ..... it was stronger. Finally, after much head scratching, thumb mashing and cursing in several languages, we found the "hidden screws ......... the ones that, in order to even see, you have to remove the glass and the lower wood panel to get to ........ finally the damn thing came out. The lower portion of the starboard side stationary door was pretty much rotted away, so that had to be away and replaced. That was done with new mahogany ... all of the wooden door panels were removed (a trusty router did an amazing job there) we had to fabricate some guides in order to not lose control of the router) The side panels of the cockpit were also "shot". To handle that, I bought a sheet of 3/4" mahogany veneered marine grade plywood which was cut to fit. We made templates and then cut the plywood. It was attached to the sides with 5200, held in place (till the 5200 really set) with about 20 screws which were later removed and filled in.

At this point the cockpit sides were 3/4" thicker than before and needed something to dress them up. The original trim was simply a piece of stainless steel ..... which was, to me anyway, useless. We handled this by laminating two pieces of 3/4" mahogany and cutting them to the appropriate width for a handrail and channeled them out so the "capped" the existing sides. Still had one problem though, the upper and lower portions were different widths ... to overcome this, I came up with the "transition plate" that you see halfway down the side.

It's about 95% completed as I still need to seal some of the joints. I can say this however, the boat is looking better than ever and I've received nothing but compliments form the other boaters at my marina and places I've visited all of whom claim to love the look of a classic Egg.