Re: Hull restoration

Here's a link titled: "What Lies Beneath" that gives good pictures of what you
are in for.
http://continuouswave.com/whaler/cetacea/cetaceaPage70.html

While this is a 22-ft Whaler Revenge, it shares some similar features with
your Sportsman.
BTW, take some time to look around the rest of this website, it is chock full
of interesting info.

Lee Shuster

----- Original Message -----
From: "Masters, Michael" <mmasters@...>
To: <omc-boats@...>
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:43 AM
Subject: RE: Hull restoration

> Are you sure you want to do this? I completed this job last year on my 1966
> OMC Duel Deluxe. I spent a year trying to dry out the foam. And I did...
> down a whole three-quarters of an inch into it. I didn't want to pull it all
> out because I didn't know how to replace it and was were you are now. A
> local marine mechanic steered me in the right direction.
>
> Based on his advise, I ripped out the whole deck and dug 10 garbage bags of
> heavy wet foam out of the hull. It actually came out easily. I built a new
> deck with support struts based on what I found as I ripped out the old. The
> bilge well was built into the floor and I fabricated a new one out of a PVC
> drain pipe tee. When the deck was complete, I sealed the edges and seams
> with fiberglass cloth and resin leaving 3 large cavities in my Tri-hull. I
> drilled a large hole over each section and poured two part foam into each
> cavity. Once you mix them together, you have 45 seconds to get it into the
> hole. It will fill the void providing buoyancy and support for the deck. You
> should have been there that day as the foam expanded and the deck creaked
> under the force. It was so cool. I finished the deck with 3 additional coats
> of resin. It looks good now but it was a long time doing the prep work
> building the deck and bilge well. My boat is on the site where you can see
> the deck is a mess. (That picture was from when I was overly optimistic
> about a launch date) I have some pictures of the deck restoration that I can
> send to you to give you a better idea of what you are in for. It has got to
> be a labor of love cause nobody in their right mind would actually want to
> do this. I'm happy with the way mine turned out, so to me, it was worth it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Erickson [mailto:ericksra@...]
> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:22 AM
> To: omc-boats-digest@...
> Subject: Hull restoration
>
>
> Hello group,
> I have a 1968 Evinrude Sportsman 155, and there are some cracks in the hull
> and water is getting in below decks someplace. I bet this is a common
> problem. It seems to me, when I take it out of the water for the season,
> that the water drips out of the hull for a really long time. So, I am
> hauling this water around with me the whole summer and adding a lot of
> weight and slowing the boat down, and I think that the underdeck foam is
> old and waterlogged. Has anyone ever gone below deck and dug out all the
> old foam? What does this entail? Do you have to also replace timbers
> under there? How big a job is this, anyway? Anybody who has had this done
> or tried it yourself, I would appreciate the advice. Thanks.
>
> Ralph Erickson
> 1968 Evinrude Sportsman 155
> ericksra@...
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