Master Angler Help

[lunasea17]

I believe all MA's from the 70's anyway had the carpet. Mine does. The lip below the carpet which is like a baseboard in a house makes redecking these boats a little different. Mine separated from the hull on the entire port side. I removed the deck and side lip. It is attached to a plywood cleat running the length of the hull from which it had separated. The deck to hull joint was filled with a putty of some type but it just separated also. This allows water coming down inside of hull or deck washdown etc to go into the core. A weak desighn in my mind. I will install my new deck flush to the side of the hull without the gutters.

[lunasea17]

Just went out to the scrap heap and I'm mistaken. The plywood strip is glassed into the sole and side piece and the whole mess was bonded to the hull with resin chopped glass mix. This is what separated from the hull. I will post a picture if I can get it to work.

[Seacraft84]

Thats is exactly what I was talking about. The one I was looking at and now told the guy tonight I will buy, had the gap between the the hull side and the lip that comes off the floor. I have heard they came from the factory like that but not for sure. This boat next winter is going to get a new floor, closed in transom, and bracket.. And like you said I am going to make my floor go straight to the hull side and smooth and fair out the sides of the boat.