Hi Peter,
Thanks for the great advice!
I think you did a great job, I hope our V-berth turns out as nice!! Our boat came with a queen island bed.
We started this endeavor thinking we would fix everything before putting her back in the water, but a sunny boat ride home on the fly bridge, has made us think "get done what needs to be done to be safe and/or requires lots of tools" and the rest can be done at the dock.
Our priority list to build structure around the boat (including scaffolding to work on) re-do the decks, add a bow thruster, clean everything well, check all systems (water, electrical, engine etc), re-do V-berth, update electronics (as apparently the boat will float in 1' of water according to the upper helm depth guage
) , re-bed all fittings, fix small gel coat imperfections and give her a good coat of paint.
We will keep you posted with pics as we do repairs!
Thanks again for the advice!!