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No real thoughts on the stringers, since I've never had to do mine. But I did the floor on my V21 when I got it. I used 1/2 Marine ply, bonded to the bottom of the deck, then I glassed over the ply with 2 thin coats of fiberglass to seal the wood so it would never rot again. (Something that Wellcraft should have done in the first place).
Tip: once you are finished with all your work, the trick is to keep the inside of the boat DRY! That means no water in the bilge, etc. Seal all areas where water can intrude, including your rod holders, any penetrations, and your rod racks. And come winter time, open all hatches and allow air to circulate and dry out any water or condensation that might have gotten in there. Water plus air is the enemy of all wood. Seal your wood and your boat should have a nice long life.
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12-23-2013, 02:40 PM
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I have never heard of a pro recommending to leave rotten plywood in a boat and just cover it up. That being said there are boats with foam filled glass stringers that work fine but I have seen none that were smaller than 3-4" wide. Skip the pourable methods, they are heavy and expensive. Pull the cap or cut out and glass back in what's need to gain complete access. Carefully cut out a stringer with a sawzaw, use it as template for the new ones. A grinder with a flap wheel is your friend when working with glass.
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12-23-2013, 05:17 PM
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First recommendation was to cut the top of the stringers, remove the wood and fill with foam and then glass over.
I wanted to take the easy way out and skip removing the wood and just clean and glass over the stringers. After learning the stringers are very thin, he advised that I can leave the existing stingers and layup four layers of fiberglass. Should take care of the stringer issues so I can get ready to install the new deck.
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12-23-2013, 08:27 PM
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honestly I don't think that way IS the easy way... it's a lot of work either way but leaving the rotten wood in place is not the right way... also I don't think 4 layers are near enough.... The bottom of my jet boat that I just repaired has about 15-20 layers of glass
Now 4 layers of glass over good strong wood OTOH would be good
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12-23-2013, 10:38 PM
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the thicker you go the harder it will be to get it to conform to the @90 deg inside and outside bends
Not to steer you away from v20.com but if you aren't already on there, sign up on iboats.com and post up a thread on this in the restoration section... there are a bunch of guys there that know EVERYTHING about rebuilding boats..... even a guy who cut his boat in half and made it a few feet longer VERY professionally.
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