On Jul 5, 7:26*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Jul 5, 1:31*am, Tim wrote:









On Jul 4, 3:35*pm, "Califbill" wrote:

"Tim" *wrote in message

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On Jul 3, 4:45 pm, John H wrote:

On Sun, 3 Jul 2011 13:48:21 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:
Had some old plywood getting soft in the center, and decided to re-do
the floor. when we pulled off the old carpet which was weathered
anyhow, we found out that in the times past someone had repaired the
floor by cutting out a center section and replacing it with standard
plywood. Evidently it had held for quite a while but it's days were
numbered. besides it gave us a chance to inspect the stringers and
other bracing etc.

So, after thinking about the re-floor, we decided to not go with
standard ply because it's not weather resistant, or marine due to the
expense, so we settled on "DRYPLY"

http://www.gp.com/build/product.aspx?pid=4882

A weather resistant plywood which has a *lot of characteristics of
marine plywood but is more cost effective. Like $23.00 a 3/4 sheet at
Menards, and in stock too.

Regardless. It ought to last way longer than I'll ever have the boat.

I sure hope you can post some pictures of the process. That would be
interesting.

Wish I could John, but I'll see if I can get some shots of whats going
on tomorrow...

Reply:
Make a frame to go across the gunnels to hold the boat in shape when the
flooring is removed. *The deck is a structural member and the boat will
spread when it is removed.

We didn't remove the entire floor. everything is still in place. We
simply pulled the carpet (in rags!) and saw that someone had replaced
a center section with the cheap plywood. all braces and stringers look
great, so total removal of the floor was unnecessary.- Hide quoted text -

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You can't tell if the wood inside a stringer is rotten by looking at
it. *You have to drill test holes.

we sounded them with a hammer.

Now this isn't a perfect job where the boat is going to be in pristine
condition. it's an old boat and I'm going to get a few more years out
of it, So, I can't see stripping the hull , restoring it and buying
the boat three times over.