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09-26-2010, 01:12 PM
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Just a little update and will post pic later tonight. Was re-cutting a hole the PO put in floor for another pump wanted to install a real hatch. When cutting could feel the inside stringers moving around was able to pull back the great looking glass work and it was just that looked like new to find what little wood was their. Pulled four feet out all the way to the transom. Good news well kind of the wood going forward is fine but you can move it left to right and yet the floor has no soft spots at all.I can not see any foam at all is this normal.
Now trying to decide to pull the top cap off again and then pull the whole floor cap off as well or just cut the floor out where needed and reinstall but again I did drill a 8in hole forward and had the same moment in the stringers the outer stringers are great 100%. And why are the center most stringers not glassed over top...Well fun Fun going to cut the floor out now just to see which way to go.. The wife's saying sell it and that maybe an option but more the likely not.. 
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#13
09-26-2010, 03:54 PM
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Wives tend to have tunnel vision. (Don't get me wrong, I love mine dearly) but usually they only see the start and the finish of a project... everything in between is "sell it, are we there yet, why did you do that" sorta stuff. Make up your own mind. Then give them a hammer and saw and involve them. They can surprise you with the work they can do. And once they are involved the complaints usually stop and the "what should I do next?" starts.
Truthfully, with the amount of labor you have in that boat already.... if it were me I'd just bite the bullet and fix what was wrong. In the end it will be "lets take it for a ride again next weekend honey".. it will be worth it.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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09-26-2010, 09:42 PM
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Thanks Destroyer as you can see from the pic why take the easy way out. After all it was not as bad as ones thought still bad but only had to cut back half way and take out the bilge area. If I only knew the two fish boxes had a few pc's of glass holding them together would have been easy. I still can't be leave Wellcraft only used 1x10 for the stringers and not one once of foam makes me think someone had already been in there. But on the other hand the dam hull is built way better then most new boats I see.Seems the stringers are there just for the floor support.After I get done the boat will handle any motor safely and then some.Plan on redoing the bilge area and lowing it to get all the water out.Will update pic as I go should been done by this weekend see how much time and if the weather cooperates. Thanks for the update on the decals...
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10-01-2010, 08:53 PM
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Love the big ol' bowlight. I want one of those old vintage ones for my V.
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10-01-2010, 09:32 PM
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I finely found one in real good shape but the one lens is the old blue instead of green still legal but will change it out. Of course now I have to install the anchor guide on the side or remove the light. Will it ever stop raining so I can get to the stringer repair, Just want to get all the glass and paint work done so I can start having a little fun setting up the electrical and hardware before it ssssssnnnooooowwwwssss.Man I hate that word
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