Major decision coming up... To recore the existing deck or cut out and replace with new? I am not looking forward to spending as much, if not more time grinding out the old wood and replacing sections when it would be the better move to just start over. Right now the drainage channels and scuppers are nice and factory, but drain out below the waterline. On a boat that already sunk, its important to make changes necessary to be able to hold its own on the mooring. The method of cutting the deck out and leaving the 4" cleat to rest on top of would allow me to make drainage channels and have new scuppers go out a little bit higher.
I was planning for it the other day and was looking at where the liner meets the floor and its a weird seam that might be a little tricky to glass to. Has anyone ever done this? Its probably only a problem encountered on the late 80s versions.
This is the largest area thats rotten but there are other isolated soft spots. You can see the console screw holes, all soft.
