my 1974 23

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HA OTTERLY COOL
WELCOME TO THE SITE. THERE ARE A FEW GUYS IN THE N.J. AND N.Y. AREA THERE THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR MATERIALS. I AM SURE THEY WILL JUMP IN ON SOME COMMENTS FOR YOU. AS FOR THE TRANSOM I HAD TO REPLACE MINE AND I MADE THAT DECISION BY REMOVING ALL THE SCREWS AND THROUGH HULL FITTINGS (THEY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ANYWAY) AND THEN CHECK OUT THE HOLES FOR ME MINE DIDN’T LOOK GOOD SO I DECIDED TO DRILL SOME ¼” HOLES IN THE TRANSOM IN SUSPICIOUS PLACES TO SEE WHAT I WOULD FIND THEN I MADE MY DECISION. I ALSO DID THE ENTIRE DECK AND ALSO REPLACED THE GAS TANK. IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO THE ENTIRE DECK YOU CAN DO ONE OF TWO METHODS DEPENDING ON HOW BAD YOUR DECK IS. THE EASY WAY IS TO DRILL HOLES IN THE BAD AREA (JUST THROUGH THE TOP LAYER OF THE FIBERGLASS DECK) AND INJECT A THICKENED (FARING MATERIAL MIXED WITH EPOXY) SOLUTION INTO THOSE HOLES. IF THE AREA ISN’T DO BAD THAT WILL WORK. IF THE AREA IS REAL BAD THEY YOU NEED TO REMOVE THE FIRST LAYER OF FIBERGLASS AND THEN REMOVE THE CORK LAMINATION REPLACE THE CORK LAMINATION WITH EITHER MARINE PLYWOOD OR ONE OF THE NEW DECK LAMINATION MATERIALS AGAIN USING EPOXY THEN REPLACING THE TOP FIBERGLASS PIECE. YOU CAN GET A BOOKLET FORM WEST EPOXY SYSTEMS OR PULL IT UP ON THE INTERNET. AS FOR THE GAS TANK YOU WILL PROBABLY NEED TO REMOVE THE CENTER CONSOL TO GET TO THE HATCH AND REMOVE IT TO GET TO THE GAS TANK. THE TANK IS FOAMED IN AND IT RESTS ON A ½” SHEET OF PLYWOOD. IF YOU DO THE TANK REPLACE THAT SHEET OF PLYWOOD IT WAS ONLY LAMINATED ON ONE SIDE SO IT PROBABLY IS SHOT. MY TANK WAS 100 GAL I REPLACED IT WITH ONE 120 GAL I ALSO MOVED IT FORWARD 18” FROM THE STERN AND 32” TOWARDS THE BOW. MY BOAT IS SETUP FOR A OUTBOARD MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE INBOARD TANK THAT I DO. GOOD LUCK
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