Taking a V-20 apart

[Turd Ferguson]

I have a 1970 Cuddy that I'll be getting into in the next few months, I was wondering how they come apart. In another thread someone mentionted an inner liner. I know it splits at the rail. But how is the liner attached to the wood flooring underneath or is it, How is the wood flooring underneath attached to the stringers?

[2ndCurse]

Turd Ferguson's a funny name

[macojoe]

you need to remove the rub rail, then get all the screws out, then lift the cap off then the liner, its 3 pieces.
Liner is just glued to the stringers, but after all these years it will come apart ok.

[Turd Ferguson]

Is the wood floor going to come out with liner or stay attached to the stringers?

[tsubaki]

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The floor should seperate from the stringers where the glue has dried and released.

[parishht]

Turd Ferguson's a funny name


I'll bet it is actually Burt Reynolds.

[macojoe]

The wood floor will come out with the liner. Then you can flip the liner over and remove thge wood and make what repairs are needed.

[Stillrunning]

That was me who said something about taking the boat apart and its really not that hard of a job. I have a 1983 CC which I took apart to replace the transom. First I removed the motor and then started on the CC. I first bunched all of the wires to each guage together and labled them (like gas guage wires taped together and labled). Before I disconected any wires from them I took different color nail polish and hit the terminal and the wire. Now I had them grouped together and color cordinated by guage. I did this for the entire wiring and it made things much easier when it came time to rewire the boat. We then removed the CC and removed the rube rail and all the screws under the rub rail. Then We went around and disconected any other stuff like gas lines etc.. I then attached a rope to the two rear cleats and one to the front and tied them together in the center so it pulled up even. I then ran a rope through the pully and attached it to a truck. My buddy inched forward as I watch what was going on with the boat. We got it up about a 2 feet and then checked again to see if everthing was disconected (if you need to reach in to disconect anything brace the inner linner so if it falls). He then started edging forward raising the boat and this is where I had my only problem. as he went forward again I heard a crack and next thing I know the branch on the tree gave out and the linner came back down. Lucky for me the branch stayed up in the tree (use a thicker branch). We hooked everything back up, he rasied the linner and we pushed the hull out of the way (it was on a trailer) and lowered it back down. Fixed the transom and put it back together. I had two friends helping and we had the boat apart in one day. I hope this helps and if you have any questions let me know.

[Turd Ferguson]

Wow you guys are so helpful....I can hardly wait to get started. I said a couple months but I really want to get this project moving!!!! How heavy is the inner liner once you get it out. Is it too heavy for three guys to move it around and flip it over and stuff?

[Bygracealone]

Also, how easy was it to get the liner back on? I would imagine the liner and the hull will expand and contract respectively, given the amount of time they're apart and given the warm weather...

[Stillrunning]

Wow you guys are so helpful....I can hardly wait to get started. I said a couple months but I really want to get this project moving!!!! How heavy is the inner liner once you get it out. Is it too heavy for three guys to move it around and flip it over and stuff?

I think three guys could move it around but I'm not sure if three guys could safly flip it over without putting stress on the sides. One thing you will need to do is some how support the flooring making sure it does not sag while reparing it up side down. We then took fiberglass resin and the newly cut flooring and screwed it to the bottom of the flooring. After it dries remove the screws and cover the wood with fiberglass. then we flipped it over and patched the screw holes.

[Stillrunning]

Also, how easy was it to get the liner back on? I would imagine the liner and the hull will expand and contract respectively, given the amount of time they're apart and given the warm weather...

I did not have any issues getting it back together and everything lined up just fine. With that said I only did stringer repairs in the very back section of the boat. If I rember correctly I did go around the topp of the hull with some new fiberglass to give me new a stronger holes to screw the linner to. I wish I would have taken picture of this job.

[LESTERUS]

I don't think a 1970 has an inner liner, has it?

Lesterus

[parishht]

Sounds to me like:


WE NEED PICTURES

[whale]

I'll bet it is actually Burt Reynolds.

Burt, is that you?

Very nice obscure reference. SNL Celebrity Jeopardy is the best!

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/play.shtml?mea=2910

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