Starboard Bulkhead

When the boat was purchased, I noticed that there was some rot in the starboard bulkhead. Turns out, it was completely rotted to an entirely soggy state in much of the bulkhead. The starboard upper shroud chainplate was leaking a small river of water into the cabin, which all ran down the chainplate bracket to the bulkhead. The bottom edge of the bulkhead in the hanging locker was just mush. Here's a picture of it before any work started:

The bulkhead was removed. It turned out the edge trim was intact and could be saved. It was just stapled on, so was easy to remove.

Here's a picture after removal of the bulkhead, and removal of the top of the hanging locker - since it was found to have a significant amount of rot near the edge where the bracket came down.

Here's a picture of the removed bulkhead, showing the extent of the damage. It couldn't have been providing much structural help at this point:

New parts were cut from 1/2" marine grade plywood.

I cut the board for the bulkhead and locker top, and applied several coats of Formby's Tongue Oil finish. But the new boards just weren't darkening up as richly and deeply as I wanted - and not nearly enough to match the rest of the woodwork on the boat. So I ended up sanding the boards, and staining them with Minwax Red Mahogany stain.

Here's a picture of the new bulkhead with Formby's Tongue Oil finish (wipe on varnish). About 4 applications were made to this point:

The varnish just wasn't getting dark enough. I ended up sanding it and varnishing with Minwax Red Mahogany stain:

With the stain, it is much closer to the trim, and hopefully will blend in with the rest of the woodwork on the boat, and not stick out as a "repair".