Chaparral 2000 SL Sport floor, and more?? [SPLASHED Sept 2017]

[79_banshee]

Looking good

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Had about 3 hours to work on the Chap today. I got the transom plate and the gimbal housing off the boat. The shape of the boat's built in swim platform gave me plenty of room to store wiring and the power steering Assy. I got a good look at the keyhole area and it really looks solid. The double layer of plywood around the keyhole might be salvageable after all. I already knew the wings on either sides of the keyhole are shot, but those would be easy to scab in. Time will tell when I start removing those wing pieces.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Removed the remaining deck and foam. This was by far the wettest foam I have removed yet. Stringers in the rear are totally rotted. The motor mount holes are dry so I'm hoping I can salvage the blocks.
I'm really not impressed with a few things on this Chaparral. The deck wasn't cut wide enough, so they scabbed in scrap pieces of plywood. Also the stringers were laid next to the chines with no fillet at all. No wonder water laid against the stringer and rotted them. Poor construction methods IMO.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Well got a little bit of time tonight so I pulled out the last bulkhead. Interestingly enough there was enough of this one left to use as a pattern. More interesting than that I realized that the stringers run the length of the boat, and are notched to receive the bulkhead. I'm not sure where you get plywood 14' long but I'm sure I won't find it. I'll stick with my original plan of adding a bulkhead for a total of three, and butting stringer sections into the bulkheads. I'm still amazed at the lack of craftsmanship in these production boats. Check out the motor mount picture.....solid as a rock, but ugly as sin.

 

[gsxrdan]

Appears to be industry standard to build to poor quality control, time vs cost etc... tho i bet if cars were built this badly the manufacturers would go bust pretty quick!! The catch phrase seems to be "at least your work will be better than factory" - which is a crazy state of affairs!

Btw i lengthened my stringers with a simple 'sandwiched' butt joint.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Btw i lengthened my stringers with a simple 'sandwiched' butt joint.

I plan on butting the stringers into each bulkhead. Was the sandwiched butt joint difficult to glass over?

 

[gsxrdan]

Easy to glass when u mitre the edges (like a fillet then). I also notched all the bulkheads and stringer joints, added piece of mind!

 

[79_banshee]

Things look to be going good for you. Haven't checked in for a bit. Waiting on weather and work to finish grinding my hull. Love all the pics you post.

 

[mickyryan]

man you rolling along I'm on board
hows the itch?

 

[Baylinerchuck]

man you rolling along I'm on board
hows the itch?

Which one? The itch to get this done? Or the inevitable fiber glass itch? Lol.

 

[mickyryan]

the fiberglass itch we all know how both feel don't we

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Speaking of fiberglass itch....I started removing the portion of the stringers next to the motor mounts. My plan was to reuse the motor mounts since I did not detect any wet wood in the lag bolt holes. It took some time but I finally was able to remove the stringer. What I found was more wet wood. Though the motor mount was not rotten, it was wet and soft enough that it requires replacement. No more Mr. Niceguy.
I got out the trusty old Metabo and a 6" slicer disc and got to work. No point in being tidy now. Once I got the motor mount off, I could also see that the lower transom wood was also in bad shape. It doesn't look like I'll be able to salvage anything. Oh well, the thought was appealing while it lasted. Me and Mr. Metabo will get the rest cut out quickly now.

 

[mickyryan]

attaboy, tear that **** out

 

[tpenfield]

Good call. I did not think you would be able to save the motor mounts, unless they were fully isolated (by fiberglass) from the stringers, etc.

 

[Baylinerchuck]

Good call. I did not think you would be able to save the motor mounts, unless they were fully isolated (by fiberglass) from the stringers, etc.

It was a nice thought, but in hind sight, unrealistic. I can tell you it was pretty scary removing that first mount. It is nice however that I'll be able to use them as patterns since they came out as an assembly. Still pretty amazed at how much all this water logged crap weighs.

 

[gsxrdan]

Its nice to have a clean slate to work on in the hull... and i reckon mr metabo is the best friend a restorer could have!!

 

[ripazka]

It was a nice thought, but in hind sight, unrealistic. I can tell you it was pretty scary removing that first mount. It is nice however that I'll be able to use them as patterns since they came out as an assembly. Still pretty amazed at how much all this water logged crap weighs.

Same here. Wetted plywood and foam pff. Weights ALOT, I was surprised. Im pretty sure the whole boat weights 200lbs less as the rebuild is ready.

The worst thing is the smell. The whole garage smells like swamp when the rot is exposed.

 

[mickyryan]

man I'm getting so excited for ya it makes me wanna do another... don't even know where that came from .. walks out of office and lays down .

 

[Baylinerchuck]

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Welp, had a couple hours today after work.....during The Voice, lol, so I decided to cut out the remaining motor mount and all the stringers, or what was left of them. Now that I have the stingers out I can see they were buried in the chines which is where all the water obviously settled. Question:
Should i PB the chine channel and place my new stringers on top, or bed the stringers down in the chines again. I was thinking I would go the PB route, but would like advice.
Now all that's left is the transom and the ski locker/ fuel tank floor. Oh yeah, and copious amounts of grinding.

 

[mickyryan]

put em back exactly where they had em so no oh crap moments down the line keep wood 1.4 inch off the floor and bed em with pb and you golden