the stringes and transom are dust, literally. no need to drill any holes. the po installed a hatch in the deck just forward of the console and lined it with aluminium. not a good idea or a good job. i suspect that caused the rot.
whats got me interested in doing this is 1) the hull looks near immaculate! its all there, gel coat is still shiny and hardly a scratch on the boat! 2) the hull is free. and 4) myboy is almost ten and every time i go fishing with a friend he asks if he can go. of course i cant invite him along when i was invited myself. cant just show up like, "i brought a case of bud and a small child".
i have a 25 foot chaparral and i take my kid out regularly on it but cant really do any inshore fishing on it. its good for snapper fishing and running out to deeper water but that stuff is seasonal and expensive to do. nothing sounds better to me than going fishing with my kid! and now that he is finally showing some real interest in it i need to put him on the fish so he doesnt lose interest. i need a small center console. and since im poor, an old fixer upper is the only way im gonna be able to pull it off right now. and i cant think of one better than a v20!
so please, anyone who might know, tell me what i would be getting into with this floor. lids gotta come off to do the stringers, im guessing to come at it from underneath?
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