Urk. That's one of the more tricky questions in structural engineering, isn't it? Do you tie it together, and stiffen, and risk breaking it, or do you let it float a bit more, and let it all bend. The DOA arch was wood screwed into a chunk of wood glassed rather solidly into the front of the cockpit pan. (I'll try and remember to take a picture of that area next time) I've been leaning towards making sure the wood is sound, re-glassing a bit, and then properly tieing the two structures together. Now, I need to think a bit more, about whether that would lead to just chewing apart the new arch. Of course, the old one did make it 28 years, and the water intrusion was mostly bottom up.

Hrmph. Well, I can think about that while I scrape, clean and paint engine bits.

- David