Re: omc-boats-digest V1 #122

Been there, done that - I did the floor of my 19 ft Rogue last year - Your
timing is great - if you start now you can be ready for next season - the
top floor was fiberglass over plywood and this is over foam. There were 2
wood stringers running the length of the floor for support. The rear of the
stringers support the engine. The foam is closed cell type but I found a
good bit of it waterlogged - at least more than I was comfortable with. If
you are handy with a saw and ruler and can take pictures and go slow and
measure everything and not get in a hurry then you can do it for fairly
cheap. Dismantle the floor slowly and look at the construction so you can
redo like original - take pictures or make drawings - you will forget
details later so plan for that with drawings and measurements. The foam is a
2 part liquid you mix and pour and voila it expands like crazy - but you
gotta work fast - experiment first. I poured the foam first and put the
floor on later but Evinrude built the floor and poured or injected the foam
last I think. The foam can be sanded with a belt sander if necessary. I got
all my supplies from a company called Fiberglast. They ship quick. When you
get all the foam out you can fix the hole in your hull from the back side. I
would take my time on rebuild as you want things to fit right when the floor
is finished. I did not replace the stringers although they had some rot.
They are encased in fiberglass mat. I repaired the bad parts with new wood
and they work fine so far. Good luck and have fun! TK
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Subject: omc-boats-digest V1 #122

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> omc-boats-digest Saturday, November 15 2003 Volume 01 : Number
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> Hull restoration
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> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:22:16 -0500
> From: Ralph Erickson <ericksra@...>
> Subject: Hull restoration
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> 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.
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> Ralph Erickson
> 1968 Evinrude Sportsman 155
> ericksra@...
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Received on Friday, 21 November 2003