23 CC Deck Repair - 1985

[wideopen]

I have 3 "soft" spots on my deck that need repair. Anyone have any experience with this? Should I cut out entire floor or cut out and repair the individual sections? Each area is about 1 sq ft.

[FELLOW-SHIP]

HI WIDEOPEN
With three separate area’s with soft spots there must be something going on that is letting the water get into the lamination of the deck. For me I would re do the whole deck my guess the entire deck has been compromised but just 3 spots are showing the damage at this time. “BUT” if you are only going to keep the boat for a year or two longer or plan on do the entire boat at a later date you could just do the 3 spots now knowing you just put a bandage on a bigger problem.
FellowShip

[ocuyler]

You need to identify the extent of the damage by drilling holes in the areas you suspect. You'll know from that how far you need to go. In my case the only places we has to repair were where the leaning post was screwed into the floor and not properly sealer 20 years ago. It ALWAYS about the damn screw holes...