Hey I’m happy to have other eyes and minds helping me out. You can see things I might overlook.
The whole time We were replacing stringers and bulkheads We had it supported in several (8 or 9?) locations, Checking it with the laser to see if it moved. There’s a block of wood under the bow now I just noticed you can’t see in the photos, When the deck went on the screw holes lined up pretty easy. I actually had to pick up on the edge of the deck about 1/4” on both sides in a couple places.
I plan on working on it tomorrow and I’ll get my laser level and be sure the deck has no twist before I do any bonding.

wait for next fall so you can enjoy the summer !

This ones not done yet and lacks a lot but thanks for the encouragement. 🤪

i did some measuring the other night. I shot a horizontal laser above the boat bow to stern, and measured up with a tape to the laser and the hull is pretty square. I took measurements every five feet starting at the bow point going backwards, all points were within 1/4”” except for two that were 1/2” difference side to side. One was about ten feet from the transom, the other was about ten feet from the bow. I believe these deviations are just the deck being screwed in place in a production type atmosphere. There are funky little nuances here and there that confirm this. Like a hump in the deck over the left nav light hole that is not on the right side. Also the “turn down” in the deck heading rearward at the fairing is much more pronounced on the left side than the right. Just production wellcraft stuff that I prolly could have corrected somewhat but I chose to leave alone, using the original screw holes in the deck and hull. I didn’t want to force the deck into a stressed position that might cause cracks later.

i cleaned the hull and deck joint and put core bond on it before we screwed it into place the final time. The core bond not so much for strength but to help with a watertight seal.

Also something that I noticed was the places the screws were “wallowed out” was at the base of the fairing on both sides and of course all the way across the transom. Apparently the long bow of these 38 scarabs likes to flex upward also causing the stress cracks in the center of the deck where it meets the fairing.

I started tabbing tonight at the bow. Makes changing all 16 plugs on my 30’ scarab on a 100 degree day on hot motors seem like a walk in the park. It was quite difficult. I was wearing a respirator, had air blowing in and air sucking out and it was still strong. Not to mention having to contort into that small space. Reminded me of caving when I was younger except I’ll be turning 50 Monday. Doh!
Grinding screws off..