1969 20SF Rebuild

[crsavage1]

I will be watching for sure. I too have a 69 although there is debate whether it was a bow rider or an early SF but regardless it was CC when I got it last year. I have been heading down the same road as you and just now getting to re-glassing the stringers after having cut the deck out of mine due to a leaking gas tank.

My deck was made of some odd sandwiched PET foam or something that I cut out originally with a oscillating saw where I left a 2" deck lip around the perimeter to be able to use it to go back with new decking and raising it an inch. Due to trouble I found once working on it, I ended up cutting that out as well and grinding everything down flush to just start over.

Mine came with a bracket on it and there are great articles here about the center of gravity calculations with a bracket that helped to understand how those changes might impact the way the boat heels etc.

My transom was also closed in, has a bait well in it but honestly I have been debating just cutting it out as well because the way it was enclosed, the thru hulls and sea cocks were virtually impossible to get access to so if there were an issue I would have been screwed.

My stringers had some wood in them around the fuel cell area probably to act as forms and an anchor point so you might find some in yours as well. I am planning on using a polypropylene honeycomb for the decking and working on how I want to enclose the transom again on the back. My hull does not have a liner in it at all, and my cap was somehow built into so due to it being a complete nightmare, I have decided to leave it be, support it from below with Coosa every two feet or so and then fair and smooth it all back out.

It's fun, but can be frustrating and slower than planned. I like it at least but it is nowhere near economical. I have a lot of pictures of progress I made and how I went to getting where I am now so happy to share those if you are interested.

Most of all, good luck! Dirtwheelswfl has been great for input and his re-build of Squid Lips is something to read through if you haven't yet.