Well, I've got carpet down on the front deck and I've fixed two holes that I cut out in the floor. The treated plywood that I bought at Lowes was a tad thicker than what's in the boat, I used a couple of extra strips of fiberglass mat along the edges to soften the transition. A certain way you look at the carpet, you can make out the patch, other ways you can't. It doesn't bother me so I guess it's ok. It looks 100% better than it did and I don't have to keep reminding myself not to step on those spots any more.
It's been a lot of work. Cutting out the rot, getting eaten up by the fiberglass, framing in for my plywood floor patches, scraping glue, fighting with the new carpet to get it under the lip of the interior structure and keeping wrinkles out etc... It was a lot of work. It's been hot and there's been a lot of sweat that's dripped off my nose! I'm afraid that by the time I get done, I won't want to even look at the boat!





And here's what was on it, I didn't take very many "before" pictures. I'm debating on whether to re-carpet in the same manner and re-install the trim or carpet the whole lids, which will mean fighting with the hinges and the carpets on the corners-which are among my least favorite things to do. I'm undecided about the aluminum plate on the back lid. It's solid as a rock with that on there. I'll probably just put it back once the new carpet is on.