Oh, absolutely. The sounding will find problems earlier but is best done by
an experienced surveyor. If the deck are spongy when you hop on board to
take your first look though, you can save the cost of having that boat
surveyed.

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Roger Long



"Dave" wrote in message
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On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 12:48:14 GMT, "Roger Long" said:

Decks are usually the first thing to go on a glass boat. Walk on every
part
first thing. If they feel spongy in spots, run.

I think a better procedure is to "sound" the deck by rapping with a
plastic
hammer or (what I found works) a plastic screwdriver handle. This will
pick
up the problem long before you can feel spongy spots. The process is
described in one Casey's books called something like Surveying the Old
Fiberglass Boat..