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On smaller Whalers it is a great advantage to be able to take the mahogany interior out and apart when it's time to varnish it. I would be very hesitant to glue anything together.

Whaler originally installed these interiors with "through screws" which leaves the screw heads exposed, and used a finish washer to dress it up. If you go this route and want to stay traditional you'll want to find oval head Phillips screws (rather than flathead) and use a plastic washer under the finish washer to keep it from cutting into the varnish.

My interior is a mix of old and new wood. The older pieces are attached the traditional way but I used stainless steel brackets, screwed in from the back, to hold the new pieces. It makes for a cleaner look, and it is way stronger than the original, which had some of the screws going into endgrain. You may be able to see it in some of the last pics on my personal page - the console top and dash are done the new way.

I think I found stainless L braces online someplace and for some of the odd angles I got some 316 stainless and cut and bent it to fit.

Have fun with it!