Recent content by crabbydad

unfortunately, after removing the rest of the floor and going over the whole boat, I found delamination along the port side approximately 5" wide x 8' long. In addition to that, there was delamination in the front. Looks like the boat was tied to a pier during a bad hurricane. Lots of damage to...

I removed the rear of the sole back to just past the last bulkhead in case I need to replace that. Probably only the outer stringer on starboard side will be the only one to stay. I cutout 4 inches of foam alongside one of the stringers and did find a small amount of water saturation at the...

after closer inspection, closer to the rear of the exposed stringer, the stringer is mush, so i'm gonna cut up the rest of the floor and do it right. I will feel better knowing i replaced everything that needed to be replaced.

I cut out the front part of the deck because a section of it was spongy, the wood core was pushing out thru the bottom. Planning on trying to repair this the same as an access cover, using the top layer with the non skid over. At least one of the outer stringers is wet. I'll give it a few days...

removed my tank in my 1989 tournament. I have some stringer rot in the tank coffin and some extending up towards the front past the bulkhead which was rotten and removed. I removed a small section of the rotten stringer and drilled a hole thru and foam is dry in that section. after drilling a...

I have the dewalt version of that tool, but I wouldn't use it because of all the gas fumes. now that all the fuel is cleaned up I will be using that for cutting into stringers/floor.

hammer and chisel. the wood was rotten so i just had to cut the fiberglass then pull out the mushy wood

I finally drained all the gas and removed the tank. ended up removing the forward bulkhead in the tank coffin since it was rotten anyway, and pushed the tank forward so I could pull the back of the tank up and out. looking at the stringer drawing I have, this bulkhead does not go all the way...

I'm definitely replacing the tank and lines. I got quotes a few weeks ago using the drawing I got from Grady White customer service. I want to see how hard it is to get it out. I'll probably have it made a little smaller since it looks like its going to be a pita getting it out. I'm most likely...

finally had time to get back to it. removed the panel supports above the tank and siphoned out around 20 or so gallons of fuel. there are 2 nice size holes in the top of the tank where the panel supports were. Unfortunately I can't use the fuel I removed because it dissolved all the varnish that...

If I understand you correctly, if I just cut thru the non skid layer on the floor, it will come up easily from the core? I'd like to cut 3" from all the edges and across between the access covers and remove in 2 pcs. that way I could cut only the sections of floor that I have to. I rebuilt the...

yeah, I'll have to think about. The first thing is to get the tank out and see how the stringers and bulkheads in the area feel. I may try removing the stringers without removing the floor and checking the foam behind it, then go from there. I don't want to make more work for myself then...

I removed the tank access cover yesterday. the tank is 64" long x 23" wide. the opening is 23" x 62". no room to move the tank long ways, there are 2x2 blocks between the tank and stringer, bulkheads. Looks like the 2x2 wood are fastened to the sides with neoprene strips tight between them and...

Dennis, how hard was it to separate the non skid surface from the core? Maybe if I do that in 4 manageable pcs, It will be easier to rip up the rest of the floor. I was hoping for less noticeable seems to fix when I put it back down. I've read other posts where the poster said the floor was not...

Thanks Dennis, I actually read thru your post a couple months ago when I started searching for information. Looking at your pictures, it looks like the floor is constructed the same way the access panels are. I'd like to cut the top of the sole and use that over. I'm hoping someone out there...