A New Sole for Spartina

This weekend I'll be installing a new cabin sole on Spartina. I'll edit this post later for style - but here's the substance of it.

Materials
1) 2 4' X 8' sheets of teak & holly veneer marine grade plywood from Atlantic Plywood in Providence - cost - approx $180 / sheet
2) The Ultimate Sole - high gloss refinishing system - bought it at a boat show - I think it cost about $60.

Procedure

1. Remove all old floorboards
2. Lay out floorboards on top of new material - *** Be sure to align holly strips with centerline of boat. From center work outwards and keep holly lines consistent from board to board - this is critical **** You'll be cutting boards from the different sheets of plywood but when assembled they'll line up with eachother - so you want keep the lines consistent from bow to stern and also the spacing of holly lines when there is fiberglass separating them. Take your time with this step. It's a good idea to take a digital picture of you old floor installed in the boat so you can have it as a reference.
3. Once you have the alignment done- screw the old board to the new material. This keeps them in place. Use the existing screw holes in the old floorboards. These will also become your new screw holes to secure the new floorboards to the deck.
4. Using a scrolling jig saw - with fine tooth blade - carefully cut around the old boards. Go slowly.
5. Once all the boards are cut - fit them back in the boat and make any adjustments necessary
6. Lightly sand the faces with 220
7. Coat the back sides and edges with West system epoxy - I used 105 resin / 205 hardner. The reason you do this is to prevent water from seeping thru the back of the boards - this is exactly what happened on my boat and why you can't just sand down and refinish the old boards.
8. Apply 3 coats of Ultimate Sole sealer - after 3rd coat cures - sand with 220.
9. Apply 3 coats of Ultimate Sole high gloss finish.
10. Crack open a beer - you're done!!