Mine is a 73 and here is what I found: Above the headliner is plywood. The plywood is screwed into fiberglass with a square pattern of glassed over foam strips that are supposed to add rigidity, ie: egg crate design. Mine were cracked in the corners of the squares which compromised the rigidity. If you jack up the fiberglass roof you can see the cracks close. Make floor to ceiling supports, apply epoxy to the open cracks, jack-up the roof with the supports, coat cracks with more epoxy and fiberglass roving and let dry. You can then, either add the laminated mahogany strips or stainless strips, making sure they are "bowed". Replace the plywood and headliner. If you want to dress up the salon like some of the Chinese trawlers, add the laminated mahogany strips after replacing the plywood. It is imperative that the roof is jacked up when you screw in the bows so that the shape is maintained when you remove the supports.
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