cbreeze245
Cadet
- Joined
- May 20, 2012
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- 7
Greetings,
Last year I purchased a 1987 14 1/5 aluminum Sea Nymph "fishing Machine" fishing boat. It is a solid boat in good condition and doesn't leak a drop of water. When I bought the boat I noticed that one small area of the floor was soft but decided not to worry about it and deal with it sometime in the future. Well, last year I had a local marina work on the boat and dropped it off covered tight as a drum. I picked it up in a hurry and didn't check it until I got home. Pulled it in the garage and pulled the cover off and drained 30 galons of water from the boat. Called the marina to complain but that went no where. Needless to say the water did not do the floor any good and now it is in pretty rough shape and getting very soft. I called several marinas who quoted me anywhere from $300.00 to $800.00 to do the repairs. This motivated me to look into repairing it myself.
Been cruising the forums and this site and am thinking I might try the project myself as the floor is in 4 different sections, the main one, with the soft section, is basically a large rectangle. The existing flooring appears to be screwed into some type of frame. After searching the various forums, I got the impression that marine ply was very expensive. I called Menards and they quoted me $50.00 a sheet for 1/2". I am frugal with my money but expected a much higher quote. Is there a special type of marine ply I would use or is this the going price?
I also understand that if I use marine ply, I can skip the waterproofing coating that I would have to use on regular plywood and simply glue the carpet to the marine ply. Is this also correct?
I have been looking around for marine/outdoor carpeting and found a marine carpet at Lowes that seems to be a good match to the existing carpet. My only concern is that the carpet I am focused on does not have a rubber backing. It appears that there are mixed opinions on using carpet that does not have a rubber backing and was looking for additional thoughts.
I appreciate any thoughts, comments or encouragment on this project. Since I build R/C airplanes this can't be that much more difficult, can it
?
Thanks in advance,
cbreeze
Last year I purchased a 1987 14 1/5 aluminum Sea Nymph "fishing Machine" fishing boat. It is a solid boat in good condition and doesn't leak a drop of water. When I bought the boat I noticed that one small area of the floor was soft but decided not to worry about it and deal with it sometime in the future. Well, last year I had a local marina work on the boat and dropped it off covered tight as a drum. I picked it up in a hurry and didn't check it until I got home. Pulled it in the garage and pulled the cover off and drained 30 galons of water from the boat. Called the marina to complain but that went no where. Needless to say the water did not do the floor any good and now it is in pretty rough shape and getting very soft. I called several marinas who quoted me anywhere from $300.00 to $800.00 to do the repairs. This motivated me to look into repairing it myself.
Been cruising the forums and this site and am thinking I might try the project myself as the floor is in 4 different sections, the main one, with the soft section, is basically a large rectangle. The existing flooring appears to be screwed into some type of frame. After searching the various forums, I got the impression that marine ply was very expensive. I called Menards and they quoted me $50.00 a sheet for 1/2". I am frugal with my money but expected a much higher quote. Is there a special type of marine ply I would use or is this the going price?
I also understand that if I use marine ply, I can skip the waterproofing coating that I would have to use on regular plywood and simply glue the carpet to the marine ply. Is this also correct?
I have been looking around for marine/outdoor carpeting and found a marine carpet at Lowes that seems to be a good match to the existing carpet. My only concern is that the carpet I am focused on does not have a rubber backing. It appears that there are mixed opinions on using carpet that does not have a rubber backing and was looking for additional thoughts.
I appreciate any thoughts, comments or encouragment on this project. Since I build R/C airplanes this can't be that much more difficult, can it
?Thanks in advance,
cbreeze
