So ive ran the boat hard for a year or so already.
Before deciding to address my rotting floor and wet foam. It just kept gaining weight. Lol
So all the foam is out and i was going to cut the stringers open and stuff with glass and resin.
But the main 7inch tall one in the middle is worse then i thought. Ive cut out/ scraped out 5ft of it.
(Going to add a piece of plywood back in it)
The forward section is strong on top but i can see the discoloration on the bottom of it threw the glass. Rotten on bottom. 2 or 3 inches id guess. For another 4 ft or so forward.
All the smaller side stringers are just mush inside.
I drilled holes in them and its been covered for a few months with a fan running off and on. And There still wet. Pain in the ars.
Am i looking at a plywood bottom in this boat? Looks like it threw the glass.
So im thinking is it even worth it to cut the tops open on the small side stringers? I can only access a couple of ft of them anyway.
Removing the top of the boat is not in my plains.
How ever reaching under the seat area is limited.
And way in the world are the stringer stopped at the front of the seat. And not conected under the seat with the ends left open to water and rot in the first place?
Theres an inch gap for water to flow between them under the seat. So they dont seem very structural in that area anyway.
I was going to tie them together and place a piece of rubber hose threw them. But i keep thinking if they made it that way and its made it this far. How much trouble do i really want to go to.
And yes i know it a half ars restoration not to remove the top shell. But its had a temp floor laying on top the hole time ive had it. Looked fine and now that all that wet foam is out.
Thinking im just ganna put in lathing strips on top of the stringers and under the consoles (to stablelize them. All glassed inplace and together. And lay the new floor back the same way the old one has been for years. On top.
Now i wasn't going to put the foam back in.
Im not worried about sinking. Never more then 100 yards from a shore around hear. How ever im betting that would add to the structure a little.
Was thinking of running drains to the rear. Drill holes in the new floor and pore it in. ? Fill it all up.
Yes closed cell.
Its has an 235hp Rude on it. Needs a jack plate added. As of now there's no give in the transom at all. Seems solid best i can tell. No cracks no where. And no give if i lift up on the prop area trimmed all the way up.
Ive got pics if any one wants to see them. If can figure out how to post them.
Its a pretty good looking boat. Gel coats thin on top. Ive wet sanded and buffed. Gonna spray it with something clear before recarpeting.
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Originally Posted by Insanity
