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Originally Posted by SkunkBoat
I was going to suggest cap off but I see you cut the deck already.
I'm surprised that the '84 cc has foam between stingers, my '84 cuddy does not'
I did my transom with pourable compound and I'm very happy with it.
For my next project I'm thinking cap off full resto & paint.
Thinking of using pourable for stringers. Instead of cutting out all of the stringer and having to tab in all new stringers with wood,you could cut the tops, hollow out with chain saw and clean to glass, then fill with pourable compound and glass over. The expense of the pourable material will be offset by needing less glass and resin and time. And the original bond of the glass to hull will still be there.
Just something to think about...
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thought about doing the same many times, talked myself out of it do to weight. If I ever do another one I'm going to cut the top of the stringers off, chainsaw the wood out. cut foam or pour foam till it fills where the wood was, lay cloth over the foam/glass stringer all the way to the hull to have an all glass stringer. I've talked with several boat builders and they tell me the majority of the strength in the stringers(if its done correct by the manufactures) is in the glass, not the wood. The wood merey gives them a form to lay the glass over
BTW, epoxy works magazine has an article about floor/stringer replacement this quarter
http://epoxyworks.com/index.php/cockpit-sole-repair/