Destroyed 20', pieces available to good home.

[other tom]

Peter, don't have the pics, but I saw it in person. The guy cut at the sheer about 8" below the current hull/deck joint all around the boat - perfectly level. This removed the deck/cap/liner pieces. Console came off, floor out, and he glassed some 1x1 around the new sheer line. Then, he put in athwartship bulkheads, with 2 main ones, one about 4' fwd of the transom, the other, 6' aft of the stem. Forward and aft of these he decked flat all the way across with 1/2 divinycell which was pre-skinned and resting/tabbed to other bulkheads and ring frames. He then built a floor from chine to chine in the middle of the boat supported by more bulkheads, this floor was above thte waterline about 3". He took some windsurfer masts and glassed them in as drain tubes from the new "cockpit", and added a small rectangular console fabricated out of the divinycell scraps. Looked very much like a HEwes 18 redfisher, but with a deep/v hull. His hatches were simply cutouts of the fore & aft decks, without gutters, only a trim ring underneath. By the way, say hello to Lars, this is Tom Lihan

[alarie]

Hi Tom,
Thanks for the note! Lars just had a baby boy, Olin, and they are all doing great.

What you describe is very helpful, and is roughly how I would do it. I might just leave in the current floor, as it is fine and recently redone, making this the new sole. Maybe she will float again!

If anyone wants to see pictures, click the links, but it is not pretty, so be warned!

Destroyed 20
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