Fisherman302
Cadet
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2015
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- 8
Hello everyone! Brand new to the forum hopefully some of you can help me out as I see there are alot of knowledgable people on here. Short and sweet I bought a boat a 1989 javelin 366 with a Gt100 Johnson outboard and it has a pretty nasty crack on the bottom of the hull. I will include a picture at the bottom of the post. I'm pretty sure the guy knew and was just trying to get rid of it and I got screwed my fault for not inspecting a little better I guess I trust people too much. Anyway here are my thoughts, the bot had trouble plaining out even though the motor ran strong. I believe that the foam underneath the floor is soaked and probably is holding some dead weight from what I have been reading on here. I'm willing to take on a winter project and fix it the right way even if that means pulling the cap off the top and doing a full restore. My main questions are, how do I diagnose the full extent of what is under the floor of the boat and if there is rot starting to take place? The existing floor seems to be solid no rot. Is he floor of the boat attached to the cap? How do i go about fixing the crack on the bottom? Any insight or info would help a lot! Thanks in advance!