Hi Kyle,

This is more sailboat related, but if you are looking for tips on
restoring a boat, please click your way over to www.triton381.com this
guy (Tim) restored a very old sailboat into something spectacular and
DOCUMENTED every aspect of the refit including plywood, decks etc. I
use his site daily (and I am just in the planning stages of my refit)!

Good luck

Tom
Only 2 things make a man crazy - women and boats

kyle wrote:
hi all,

i've been searching through the group .. i keep finding conflicting
opinions.. hoping i can ask my exact question and get an answer

i just bought a 2003 bayliner 2150 classic (21.5 foot ski boat
basically). the previous owner left the boat out in the sun/water/etc
for 3 years without a cover!! the carpet is trashed. i ripped it all
up tonight. low and behold, the plywood is rotten.

question1) how do i remove the rotten plywood.. do i take a saw and
just cut the wood out.. or is it screwed in somewhere.. do i need to be
careful *where* i cut? what is underneath the plywood.. more wood
(that is probably rotten as well)??

question2) i've read that if you fiberglass over plywood, sometimes the
fiberglass cracks and lets water seep into the plywood and rots all
over again.. ?? myth or truth?

question3) so.. what i really want to do is have plywood and then a
paint with sand in it to give a grip to the feet when walking.. and be
done with it.. what plywood/paint/anything in between the two should i
use?


many thanks!!!