Still back and forth on keeping the stringers or making my own. If i fab my own im ditching the casting platform and liner most likely. Off to remove the rest of the foam today..

Pics of my 16' Palm Beach rebuilt a few years ago- was ran into a sandbar off Boston then i bought it ff ebay. Hull was filled with sand, new deck, custom console, leaning post. Found the grab bar in a junkyard, pretty sure it was off a 20' seacraft.

Foams gone-cut the tops right off the stringers. Bad idea?

Yes the bottom of the storage compartment is cored with balsa 3/8”. If you look at my build you may see it. I did record mine due to I had the liner upside down.

Should have took a step back yesterday and reviewed how others did their stringers.


Do you guys think mine can be used and structurally sound again or build new ones?

Thanks, ended up tearing them out. Separation from the hull and in between layers was a deciding factor in that. Cut the front casting deck out too, all rotten.

Ill fab new stringers, keep the liner and tie it all back in.

Thats the way to do it. Those box stringers are such a waste of space!

Glad i took those box stringer out. Delam,voids and dry glass all around. Mine were actually layered with foam between the hull and stringers and was able to rip a few sections out by hand.:eek: Gotta trim up the deck lip and lots of grinding to do now...Then back into the garage.

Removed the liner, ground the whole hull and removed all loose glass. Got in in the garage,off the trailer onto stands and leveled. Using a sheet of melamine to clamp to the transom to fill in the big voids and beef up the laminate before the core gets bedded.

Glassing in all the holes on the transom,will do two or three layers of 1708 after this before the first layer of coosa goes in

Couple More on the old outdrive, should be up to about 1/8in now