replacing stringers and deck
 

i am soon to be cutting off the entire deck and removing stringers and transom. i got screwed on this boat being the first one i bought and didnt know what to look for before i bought it.

so i felt a soft spot towards the front of the boat right infront of the center console and sure enough i cut it out and the stringers were so rotten they almost looked like mud. so now i am trying to figure out the process of rebuilding this boat.

i am trying to find out if i can do all this work while the boat is on the trailer. and also what to do first. remove and replace the transom first or the stringers. thanks for all the input and help that yall will be giving me in advance and i will post more pics as i get ready to do this project.

would it be better just to have a professional do this? i do consider myself above average in handyman work..

thanks

is this a seacraft? most SC have foam filled trapezoid fiberglass stringers.

then you will do a better job than most "professionals"

Check out the first post on this forum Here we go again...you will learn step by step what to do and what not to do.

If it's the lapstrake "Savage" he originally posted pictures of, it's definitely NOT a SeaCraft. Very few boats of 1960-70's vintage had glass stringers!

yes it is the original picture of the 1980 lapstrake savage i had posted..the stringers are only wood, looks like maybe a little bit of fiberglass skin but i just pulled the wood out of the skin...what wood was left anyways..it was completely roten..

junk it,get a csc hull,it's the only one worth the time/money/blood /sweat/tears and glass filled lungs neccessary to rebuild from stringers up.Then swap your gear from that hull.I know where a rebuilt 20' SF hull is right now for 1500-ish.The cost is totally prohibitive if the love isn't there first,man.I know that is not what you want to hear at all,but accepting this mistake in the short term and getting on the path really want to be on will be the the cheapest,easiest,least heartbreaking option.If we run cross paths,i'll buy you a frosty cold one to ease the pain

I agree, its a big big job. Its got to be THE boat for you in order to warrant the work/money. For a complete rebuild (new stringers/transom/sole) your going to have a minimum of $2500 in materials to do it right.

NOT a seacraft. Junk it

dang so harsh. lolol could i at least sell the motor its a rebuilt johnson 150 1983... or is that junk also.. what would it be worth? i would love to find a seacraft to restore but dont have a ton of cash..

and are yall serious about not restoring it?

thanks

where is the one for 1500?

These guys know what they are talking about. If you polled the members who've done a rebuild/restoration, agreement would be unanimous. Very few decades-old boats have the "bones" to justify that kind of time/money/effort.

I did a similar thing to a lapstrake skiff and I enjoyed it, but it cost almost $1500 to redo in 2001. That was a smaller project than yours. For the number of hours I spent working on it I would have been better off spending the time working a second job at walmart or best buy and buying a seacraft ;) But I learned a ton and it was a lot of fun to make a "custom boat" hahahaha :)

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...0099.sized.jpg

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...0097.sized.jpg

If you have a freshwater motor . . . hang onto it and all the rigging. I run a 86 Merc on my boat and ran a 1979 powerhead before that.

who made that boat? it looks the same as mine!

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/...aft1.sized.jpg

It was a 14ft starcraft fiberglass . . . before I cut into it :) Materials in 2001 were much less expensive, so maybe 2k now and a dozen weekends.

Words of experience talking right there.. Tough to hear, true to the last drop. Must be loved in a major way to justify the expense and commitment of time and labor.. Although I personally think there are a lot of different boats worthy of a rebuild. Next project might be a go fast or a cat, to each his own. I am still in love with my Wellcraft, couldn't afford not to be..:D

When I go up to Ohio I always look for small boats for under $500 to do a project like the above when I get done with the 21.

Here is one that I think would make nice conversions.

BMT only $350

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Fishin, It's in charleston,S.C. , I have been thinking of buying it to work while I use mine,but don't have a shop or place to store it in the meantime.

Bryce

F'ing idiots!!!!!!!

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