20 Seacraft; need help with a couple things
 

Hi everyone, i been a huge seacraft fan & forum lurker for years. A while ago i picked up a 1999 20 seacraft and love the boat. The boat has a few issues, the most important being a few spots on the floor that are starting to get a little soft.
I've read about some injection products, but not really sure if thats the right thing to do here.

pic attached of the spots.

thanks for looking!
Mike

The injection process is easy, the bigger issue is figuring out how to match that molded non-skid.

Gibco and Mas epoxies sell flex-mold for non skid like that. Also there are youtube videos on how to do it, Good Luck

i think personally you should see how wet the core material is and how far the wetness has spread. its not a huge job to grind that skin off or cut it off and replace the core and reuse the skin.

I agree with Blue^^^ first priority should be to remove and replace the core material that has been compromised otherwise in a couple years it will probably be noticeably worse

Ditto Evan. Got any more shirts?

Save your skin.

actually sandy i do...

Before you grind or cut the skin off, I would take a nylon hammer or use the top of a big screwdriver and go around and tap the floor. If the floor sounds good except where the cracks are, just fix the cracks. If it is a large area then you might want to do Blue suggests.

Thanks to everyone who replied, you guys are awesome. I'll do a little more investigating in the next couple days and see how far out the core may be wet. right now, only one of the round cracks seems wet (when i puch my heel on it a little water sqeezes out...) There are a few more similar looking spots, but they don't seem saturated yet...

is this year suspectable to transom core rot?

thanks again, mike

I have three or four soft spots in my 20 and am thinking of a teak or mohogany overlay to avoid cutting up the original deck. West systems outlines a method for no screws or plugs in their tech info. I know weight is always a consideration but time and materials is also. I would give up 2 mph foe a good looking wood cover without cutting up the original deck.

Whatcha got in medium or a very small large size.

Was nice of you to do that. I heard some didn`t pony up for the goods......

You mean from the Keys in 2009?? I'll buy another couple of XL long sleeve ones to go with the five I already have.

BTW - don't be surprised if that year boat is a composite core. a buddy has a 2001 and needed to do some minor deck repair where the console came loose from the floor. I went over to lend a hand and looking at the core in his deck, it 100% was NOT plywood. I don't know exactly what it was, but im smart enough to know it wasn't wood.

Your right, from what I've seen it looks like some kinda foam core.

I could use XL also:D

well i have located 4 leftovers so far. everything is xl. (sorry sandy) i xl long sleeve in dark blue and 2 xl short sleeve in dark blue and 1 xl short sleeve in white.

building on a bad foundation is never a good idea...

I could look like a miniature Nick Nolte mug shot after sticking my tongue in a lamp socket.

Thanks for making those. Florida style.

Cheers,
GFS