With the warm weather continuing as forecast, I inspected the epoxy first thing and found that it was well cured. Probably not full strength but strong enough for me to get on with the task.
I removed the cramps and visually inspected the new runner edges. They look to be good but there are a few spots that will need further attention. The main problem is that the hatch did not rest entirely on the top of the runners but instead the bolts inserted through the sides of the hatch and located into the slot fouled the top and bottom of the slot. This wore away the slot, and hence the new pieces, but also raised the hatch up off the runners in places where the bolt fouled the bottom of the slot.
I have cleaned up the underside of the hatch where it should contact the runners and remove the bolts as I suspect that these were not in the correct position to run in the slot properly.
I used a pull-saw to trim the deliberately long new runners back to the correct length ready for the wood to be planed. I shall plane the new wood to be flat on the top and to match the top of the old wood and then offer up the hatch to see what needs to be trimmed away after that.
I took the time to remove the peel ply from the epoxy on the coachroof. You can see that the epoxy is partly over the paint. This will be removed with a sander before the coachroof is painted. The painting will have to wait for another warmer spell.
I decided to fill one of the bolts holes through the deck for the tabernacle with some of the thickened epoxy. This is the hole that is canted aft slightly and now that I have opened up the space for the nut in the cabin, this hole needs to be redrilled to be perpendicular to the deck.
However, it is not very easy to drill an existing hole at a different angle and in my experience the best way to achieve this is to fill in the hole and try again. Normally I would glue in a length of dowel that fills the hole completely and then carefully make the new hole. In this case, since I had spare epoxy, I just decided to use the epoxy instead.
Time for a cup of tea.