heres where iam starting

[hallburg]

Dig in, good luck on your project!

[Superminoh]

ok digging in to look at what i have. i notice of the center stringers the left one is away from the transom about 20 inches, the right one tappers down to the transom like most i have seen on here . is this factory ? got the 150 stack 6 mercury running. so now i can take it off and clean the old plywood out of transom. my question to you master boat builders is ,can you slide plywood in and resin it in if you clean out the transom like seacast advices. 2nd ? i found a distributer for a product called arjay 6011 an y one use this. ican pick it up at fiberglass shop here in houston area for $162.00 for 5 gals no freight.7

[Superminoh]

also when reading differant rebuild threads it seems some have taken foam out from between the stringers and not replaced it. and some put it up in the gunnel.the reason i ask is because sea cast is suggesting i space the deck(floor) off the stringers. others here seem to say bond deck straight to stringers for max strength. thoughts

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by Superminoh

ok digging in to look at what i have. i notice of the center stringers the left one is away from the transom about 20 inches, the right one tappers down to the transom like most i have seen on here . is this factory ? . . .

Your boat probably had the bait well under port seat. See pic below. The outboard stringer is outboard of bait well, so it probably looks just like stbd outboard stringer. Do you have a pattern of 1/8" holes at waterline on port side of transom, with a bigger 3/8" diameter hole in center? That was the inlet/outlet for the bait well.

[Superminoh]

well youve all seen this before. nows its offical we have to go all the way on the transom.

[Superminoh]

just could not get all wood out with 20 inch chain saw. so off came the inner wall. you can see how far the chain saw made it.the most rot was upon the sides where the plywood meet the hull.and just below engine. wood was put together with brads are thin nails. the pile of wet wood that couldnt reach weighed 50 lbs.and there is still 30 lbs are so left on back side. the dremal maxi tool is great for cutting the inner skin.

[Superminoh]

been a while but things are falling in place so I can work on the boat again. had a son pass away and it shut me down for awhile. have decided to use marine plywood and epoxy resin instead of the pourables.i have a question .can anyone reading this tell me how to tell if the foam that is in the boat now is closed are open cell.i can tell the boat set in the water awhile and shows a water line close to the top of the motor about 19 inches.and it appears the floor was replaced along the way. but all the foam I have ckecked has no water in it.dont want to replace it if I don't need to.

[FLexpat]

Condolences on your son - that's really rough.
I'm pretty sure all the original foam is closed cell. When it gets wet the water seems to accumulate in the lowest part and not saturate the foam so much. With open cell its more like a sponge - it is all moist or wet.

[Superminoh]

Its been a while, life got in the way,mom died ,6 brothers and sisters to settle will with and then had both knees replaced(should have done that a lot sooner). any way back on the seaCraft.got the transom in getting ready to tab it inside and bring stringers up to transom.All you guys posting while i was laid up had me chomping at the bit to get back at it.