Curt,
I cut the floor out using a sawzall being careful not to cut into the stringers. The floor was bonded to the stringers with some kind of adhesive that I had to cut where ever I could reach with the saw. Than I just used some prybars and some muscle to get it out. When I reinstalled the floor I epoxied strips of 1/2 " plywood about 3" wide to the existing edge of the floor in the boat with half the width sticking out for the new floor to lay on. when I glassed the new wood to the floor I made the wood 1 1/2" smaller than the skin so it would sit flush to the tabs I epoxied to the boat. I used West six ten epoxy in the calk tubes to apply to the top of all the stringers and bulkheads to bond to the floor. after that set up I ground the fiberglass about 2" on either side of the seam. I laid down 2 layers of glass. Then sanded it then some filler to smooth it then more sanding. Then paint. If I had to do it again I would pull the rubrail, seperate the cap from the hull, then replace all the rotten wood in the floor,transom,and fordeck all at once.
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05-16-2010, 09:15 PM
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