I dont know why Hunter provided a nice teak floor grate for the shower/head but not for the part of the compartment where the sink/toiletries cabinet are located. Both areas have sump drains. So I got tired of having a piece of carpet in front of the sink and bought a four foot long piece of teak stock that was 1 and 1/2 inches thick. I then cut 1/2 strips appproximately 27 inches long, routed the edges with a roundover bit and sanded all surfaces smooth to 180 grit.

I then followed the construction method in the shower/head and cut four stringers placing them securely but temporary with double sided foam tape. I then measured and cut the longitudinal boards. The final four boards required paper templates to conform to the unique shapes over the sump drain area.

Once all boards were cut and dry fitted using 1/2 spacers from scrap lumber. I glued two of the long longitudinal boards to the stringers to fix the pattern. Once the glue dried, the stringers were freed from the foam tape and were removed from the boat.

On my workbench, I was able assemble all but the bottom three longitudinal boards with waterproof glue and brass screws inserted through the stringers into the longitudinal boards. The semi-finished assembly was placed onto the sole in front of the sink and the final three boards were trimmed if necessary and glued to the stringers. After allowing the glue to set for 24 hours, brass screws were used to hold the final boards in place.

Because the cabin sole to bulkhead joint is coved, the hardest part of the job was allowing for the radius necessary to avoid a 3/4 - 1 gap around all edges. This required some trial-and-error with a grinder/sander but I could see from the shower/head grate how Hunter orignially ground a large radius where necessary and followed that process until the sink grate sat flush on the cabin sole.