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[Blue197320]

john, i just looked at your whole thread. VERY informative. i really like the way it came out. i do have lots of questions for you. ill get those to you soon. i have the same merc in my garge for the boat. mine has a bad cylinder. how was it on the boat??

[JohnB]

The merc was great, right to the point the crank broke on the bearing at the bottom of the motor .
Lot's of power, but thristy, and ate oil. The suzuki is down maybe 5% in power from the merc, but the economy is incredible.
I went from burning 50-70 gals of gas and 2+ gals of oil to burning 32-46 gals of gas. Gut my fuel bill in 1/2.

[Blue197320]

got a little more progress done tonight. did i mention it was slow progress? i started to dig out the foam in the cut stringer. i found alot of wet foam in it. now to finish that stringer ive got to cut the floor to get to the top of the aft part of the stringer. going to go in from the top back there. since that one side was wet im considering opening up the other one and digging all that foam out and putting fresh back in and sealing it all up. what do you guys think? i now have another question regarding the floor since i need to cut it out, i have to cut the bottom layer of the inner liner out, would it be a good idea to leave as much of the bottom layer still attached so i can make some fiberglass cleats and put the bottom layer back together? ill get some pics of what im talking about this week if anyone is confused. as always opinions and tips are appreciated.
i saw this little saw in stricks post. this was my arsenal for getting the foam out.

is any of this stuff recycleable?? i have plenty.

this is the front of the stringer. still needs to be vacuumed out.

this is the aft part of the stringer that i need to get out from the top.

[Blue197320]

i also stopped by composities one today to ask about bluewater 26 prices. they can get it for me, but they said they have penske board 24lb. foam board in 1.5" available now for a little less money. anyone have any experience with this compared to the coosa??

[Blue197320]

i did some more demo work today. i have to take the floor out on the port side right away to get access to the full stringer so i can repair it. the top layer of skin came off very easy. some of the wood under it was very mushy. there is a few good sections still. i got shut down tonite at about 9:30. i guess hammering makes a little more noise than i thought. does anyone know of a good way to get that good wood off the bottom layer of skin?? some one wedged some plywood between the stringer to support the floor. a HUGE chunk of cabosil was loose under there too. on to the pics.

[WillyC]

I recored every hatch and the transom in my 20' sf. When I had good wood that was still attached to the skin I used a skill saw with the blade set very shallow, maybe 1/8 to 1/4 inch. Then I cut a checker board pattern in the good wood. With a screwdriver or a very small pry bar you can usually peel back some of the layers of the plywood. Then you can use a grinder with a 24 grit disk to remove the bulk of whats remaining. Be careful as the 24 grit disk is very aggressive. When you get close to the glass surface, switch to a less aggressive disk. I like 80 grit at that point. Hope this helps. There's really no easy way to remove all that wood.

[Blue197320]

that is helpful. thanks! im going to be going to get some grinder discs today then. stay tuned for pics later

[gofastsandman]

I used 2 strips of plywood to make pads for the skillsaw to slide on. Set the blade 1/8' above the glass under the core.
Moved back and forth against the side of the blade. Easy and fast. Don`t go too deep.

[Blue197320]

i took will and sandys advice and used a circular saw to cut a checker pattern in the good wood. i used a rubber mallet and a chisel/prybar to get under the wood and get it off. next on the agenda is to use the sanding disc on the grinder to get the surface smoothed out. i also need to find a way to get the wood out from under the existing lip. im starting to think that my plan of saving the bottom skin is more work than its worth. suggestions are always welcome.

[jorgeinmiami]

I did a much smaller repair for asoft spot on the floor of mine i measured about 2x 4 feet. I 1st cut the area around the soft area leaving a lip similar to yours. To dig out the wood under the lip I used a small electric chainsaw and carefully got 99% of the old stuff out. If you need I can come by and bring the saw to you. It worked pretty well

Let me know if you need it

Jorge