Another weekend in the books. Wife had weddings Fri and Sat so only got to spend Sunday working on the boat. Did manage to carve a pumpkin with the boys though on Saturday, Happy Halloween ya'll:
Sunday morning was spent chiseling Potter Putty off of the tops of the stringers so that I can get a saw to them, once again my 5 y/o wanted to lend a hand:
After that I started to dig out the foam on either side of each stringer. Most of this foam was VERY wet and would gush water when pried on. Port foam had about 1.5" of standing water under it that was trapped:
After that I started to cut open the port stringer to remove all the foam. Since I'm going back with my own stringer system I was generous with my cuts so there would be less digging:
The foam near the top of the stringer was pretty dry, but the foam near the bottom was soaked, there was also about 1" of water that was trapped in the stringer at the bottom:
Getting the cavity empty of foam:
Completely empty and ready for trimming/grinding:
Looking back on pictures it doesn't seem like I did much work, but my muscles and especially my back say different. Standing on an uneven surface for 8 hours does a number to your body.
Hoping to knock out the starboard stringer/get some grinding done by next Monday, thanks for looking!