Glassed or bolted/screwed?

[ebb]

That's tabbing alright!
They even short changed you on that. Any liquid goes
immediately to the bilge.

Wow, thought I was big!

Drug store has 6" to 10" plastic mirrors (pink with handles)
that I use to look into and behind things on the boat.
Plastic stores sometimes have plastic mirror sheet that also
can be used, cut to size, or create a widescreen view
--but expensive.

Looks like cutting with a multitool will be no problem, except
where you can't squeeze (or bend) into...

Where the lid goes over the bilge, those are 'cleats' that hold
the lid. Cleats can be used under plywood replacements. they
might go from side to side glued to the hull. A cleat could
share old and new plywood deck, easy repair.

As suggested above, I've used white cardboard of different
thickness to make full size patterns that are traced on to wood
or sheet. Office supply. Use blue tape and small pieces of card-
board to indicate curves on the pattern. Thick stuff gives some
stiffness.

If you are just repairing, ie not restoring, you have completely
different approaches. Removing old paint is a PITA. I would
hire it out if you are going to restore. If you are going to take
the time to restore, you have to buy a Festool vacuum with a
HEPA filter and a sanding/grinding tool that sucks up what you
are removing THROUGH the tool, so that you can work without
a mask, and not get dust into every nook and cranny.
It'll cost ya plenty.

If you're just going sailing, quick-n-dirty is the only way. And
can be done shipshape without changing the original boat too
much, which will aid in its resale later.

One of the other first things I would do is put in seacocks or
their equivalent. Bronze Grocco are the shortest.

[roythomas]

How does one install a bilge pump down there? Can I just bolt it to the bottom of the bilge? Will a 1" screw mess up the watertight integrity of my keel? This all assumes I can fit somehow to do the work!