Barry made more progress with the vertical bulkhead wall in the aft berth this weekend. First he had precisely chipped out the old rotted wood plus enough additional around it to fit the replacement board exactly - and of course he cut the replacement to fit that. Then he used resin (with the thickener) to put up the new board in place. Once that was well in place, he used more resin to put up a layer of Fiberglas cloth. By now, it's dried; he does plan to add a second Fiberglas layer next weekend. Once that's done, it'll be ready to paint (or perhaps take a layer of insulation if he decides to cover it with headliner).
Here's a closeup of what the Fiberglas cloth looks like, by itself; and then a real closeup where you can almost see the gauze-look of the Fiberglas within the resin on the board. It isn't the white part - that's white paint (applied because of its anti-mildew properties). The Fiberglas itself looks like translucent gauze - it becomes practically invisible:
Here's how the wall looks now, with the new board plus first layer of Fiberglas:
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