On Jan 7, 11:48*am, "Jeepinit" wrote:
I think what I have decided, because the floor is weak in spots, is to take
some composite material 1/4 inch thick and recover the floor and rebox the
box to the right height using 1/2 material, then maybe just use the same
seat the was there. *That still may be up in the air. *But you guys are
truly awesome!!

Tim Fisher

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Hey tim.

How's the seat project coming so far?

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I'm sorry to say this but if the floor has rot then you probably ought
to be looking under it as well. Rot is a bit light an iceburg
sometimes, the part you see is just the tipg. I replaced the floor in
my 1990 bowrider and it was not mentally challenging but it was about
the messiest, ugly work I've ever done.

You should be able to find the stringers by sounding on the floor.
They will run front to back of course and most likely there will be 4
of them. If the hull has strakes in it they might be at those points.

You can test the various wood components for rot by drilling into them
with a 1/4" wood bit. Examine the material coming out. It probably
will be wet but if it is very dark and mushy then you have probably
found rot. Get some epoxy and filler from the boat store, mix, and
fill the hole with it when you are finished unless it was bad and is
going to have to be fixed.

On runabouts rot tends to be worst in the back. You should check the
floor, the stringers, and the transom as these are the three places
that have wood components. If it is bad everywhere then you probably
should just fill the holes and figure that you're not going to get a
lot of years out of this boat.

If it is not too bad then it is possible to salvage the boat but it
might be some work to do it right. You can saturate wood that is not
completely gone with an epoxy/alcohol mixture. Don't waste your money
on any high-dollar rot fix epoxy. It's the same thing as regular
epoxy with alcohol added.

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On runabouts rot tends to be worst in the back. You should check the
floor, the stringers, and the transom as these are the three places
that have wood components. If it is bad everywhere then you probably
should just fill the holes and figure that you're not going to get a
lot of years out of this boat.

If it is not too bad then it is possible to salvage the boat but it
might be some work to do it right. You can saturate wood that is not
completely gone with an epoxy/alcohol mixture. Don't waste your money
on any high-dollar rot fix epoxy. It's the same thing as regular
epoxy with alcohol added.

I had a runabout that had wood rot down the the middle of the boat,
where the water would sit in the "V" of the boat. I purchased 4x8
marine grade plywood, and cut out the middle 4 foot section. I had to
replace the stingers closest to the V, but the rest of the stringers and
floor was in great shape. I did apply fiberglass and resin to the top
part of the deck, but did not apply epoxy or fiberglass to the bottom.
I was told you want to allow the plywood to dry out. If you completely
fiberglasses the plywood, it would just hold the moisture in. I then
replaced the carpet with some indoor/outdoor carpet. It was a fairly
cheap repair. When I sold the boat a number of years later, it was
still in great shape, and the floor sounded very solid.