Well, I finally got started on the demo work. The boat has been stripped, the cap is off, and I've ripped a hole in the rear section of the deck to get an idea of what I'm up against. The transom and deck have to be replaced and I know some of the flotation foam is wet. It looks like my center stringer is hollow and I'm hoping they all are. That would certainly lighten the work load.
The cap was glassed on all the way around on the top/outside (it looked like the manufacturer laid a strip of wet-out glass around the inside top of the hull and then set the cap on and clamped it in place) , the back of the splash well was glassed to the inside of the transom, and inside/under the cap was glassed to the top/inside of the wall nearly all the way around. If I had known how this thing was put together before hand I seriously doubt I'd have ever started on it. But the damage is done now.
I intended to take a pic before I started but had to wait for a camera delivery. Anyway here's where it stands now.
The cap was glassed on all the way around on the top/outside (it looked like the manufacturer laid a strip of wet-out glass around the inside top of the hull and then set the cap on and clamped it in place) , the back of the splash well was glassed to the inside of the transom, and inside/under the cap was glassed to the top/inside of the wall nearly all the way around. If I had known how this thing was put together before hand I seriously doubt I'd have ever started on it. But the damage is done now.
I intended to take a pic before I started but had to wait for a camera delivery. Anyway here's where it stands now.