Well all you cuddy guys are probably going to curse my name but after I really got into this boat it was obvious that 90% of the wood in it was soaked. Wash boards, sole, cuddy roof...all of it. I drilled test holes everywhere and found everything is wet. Nothing that was screwed to the deck or cuddy top was sealed. So after a few nights of sleeping on it I said F-it. Get the sawzall out!!
My original plan for this boat was center console conversion. Then I tossed the idea of keeping it as is and having one of each. Well I brought my green boat home from the motor guy last week and even he was disappointed with the quality of fiberglass work as he received multiple glass splinters working in the bilge plumbing the motor. So here's the new plan and now there's really no turning back.
Get my green boat put back together good enough to use. I'm going to redo pretty much everything but the actual transom (splashwell, reshaping the transom). The edges of the transom look terrible and the splashwell was pieced together 2x4's and plywood. So I'm going to make it right as possible and put a new paint job on it (I'd stick with the geeen but for some reason it was sanded 8" up the sides so now it all needs paint). Then use the boat while I work on this one.
This boat will be obviously rebuilt from the ground up. My original plan was making a flat cap boat just like Kracker Jacks build. I like the thought of a work boat, skiff type hull. To me it gives you more room and a simpler build. After doing some measuring the sides would be much shorter with a flat cap. I thought about lowering the sole but I'd like to keep it a self bailing deck. So after cutting the cap today I'm thinking about just using this cap to build off of.
I really like the look the boat has with this cap. The plan is to use as much composite as possible. The stringers are 85% hollowed out for me so I'm thinking about a CarbonCore pouring the transom and stringers. As far as the deck and wash boards I haven't researched as much on that yet. I see Coosa and the honeycomb material but not educated enough to know what's the best to use. We will see how this goes and it will be a long process as I'm in no rush to hurry this thing and do something I'll regret.
Anyways and suggestions from you guys as far as materials to use and things like that are very welcome. And sorry SkunkBoat about not pulling the cap.