23' cc FATCAT rehab......

[fatcat01]

unfortunately not much progress but did cut out the stringers where they attached to the transom...only sign of moisture was around the drain....notice the black marks where the drain was

[fatcat01]

when I cut out part of the center/ keel stringer it was saturated but solid...if there is such a thing. should I be worried? the lower pic shows the section of keel stringer I removed. again, it is solid but not mush. Thoughts?

[FLexpat]

Originally Posted by fatcat01

when I cut out part of the center/ keel stringer it was saturated but solid...if there is such a thing. should I be worried? the lower pic shows the section of keel stringer I removed. again, it is solid but not mush. Thoughts?

I think it isn't that big of a problem - I remember reading a thread here where someone discussed this - IIRC the thought was that the glass on the center stringer is thick enough that the wood is not really needed for strength - it could be a hollow stringer and work just fine. Based on that, I just let mine dry out when I discovered the same thing - wood fine but pretty damp and very thick glass.

[fatcat01]

thanks for the input Flexpat....that's kinda what I was thinking too....

[wattaway2]

Fatcat had the same issue with my I followed it back maybe 18" or so where I found clean dry wood ?cut it on a 45 and potter puddled a new PC back in and reglassed it Back in

[fatcat01]

thanks, I have it cut back about 14" now and I think going leave it open, then glass in a support on top of the stringer back to the transom. that way water wont sit on either side and I can relocate the drain to the center. someone else on here did that and it seemed like a pretty goo idea

[fatcat01]

here is what I was thinking.....saw this in another thread....