21 Hull #136...Restoration...Started

[pcfishslayer]

Figure out how you want this to come out in the end. You can spend how ever much money you would like when restoring. The sky is the limit with how much you can invest. Figure out what you will reuse and what you will buy new. I decided to go all new and I think I could have bought a cheaper but new 20 ft bay boat for what I have into mine. It must be a labor of love.
My advise is to make a list of all the things you would like to do and focus on 1 thing then move to the next. I am restoring a 20 SF. I sometimes find myself getting staring one thig and hoping to another.

[Islandtrader]

Thanks for all the sage advice.
One thing I have under control is the budget. Selling 3 boats this year has left me with a good restore budget. Now adding the power will be another question...and one that I will not have to face for a while.

Really my question is. The outdrive and engine are out. I am thinking heavily on a parallelogram bracket. Do I rip out the transoms first and then the floors. Or do I do just the opposite? Or take the transom out. Leave open, and then take the floors out. Put a new transom in and then start building the floors.

It is daunting. However I wanted to do this, so I am mentally ready.

[htillman]

I would remove the floors and gain access to the transom and the stringers. Based upon what you find would lead to the next step. If the stringers are good, I would remove the transom from the inside. Then sand everything that is exposed. Replace the transom, paint the bilge and minor repair any stringer work and start on the deck. If stringer work is required I would remove only the stringers closest to the transom, repair the transom and then go after the stringers. Bottom line, only perform one major structural project at a time unless you can secure components. I remember Strick having a problem with his hull widening when he removed the deck (inner liner) and the sides widened causing him to modify the upper cap. So you need to consider this happening when doing major repairs.

[Islandtrader]

I would remove the transom from the inside.

This is already one good piece of advice. I was so used to looking at a lot of photo's of people doing this from the outside, that I really never gave it much thought from the inside.