Sanding and deck lines

I did a bit more sanding this morning, particularly around the front hatch. There's a lot more hard work to be done with sanding paper, rubbing compound, polish, etc. but that can wait - I want to go paddling!

The decklines and backrest are mostly back in place, although I couldn't get some of the elastics back through the RDFs. I had missed a bit of damage to one of the RDFs, so that is now fixed with some orange gelcoat and should be finished off this evening. Thankfully, it's the last RDF that the decklines pass through. There's always a bit of gelcoat left over, so I used it to patch some of the remaining pits in the hull.

I have put airbags back behind the seat, to minimise the cockpit volume until I get a chance to fit the new bulkhead that I have planned. I'm also wondering about a crazy idea to dispense with the new bulkhead and glue a large dry sack into this space instead - if it is fixed to the hull then it would always occupy the space and keep the water out in the case of a capsize.

Some more thinking is needed about deck fittings; I want a deck mounted tow line but also want to have my spare paddle on the back deck. Some experimentation suggests that the cam for the tow line could go behind the hand pump but I need to play around a bit more to determine whether this is easy enough to access in a hurry.