1992 Stratos 2250 here we go again

[jc55]

I like the 1" hole plan. If you followed my build at all, I drilled 1/4" holes in strategic locations and they looked "okay I guess". After a full season of use, tearing into it revealed a, "why did the motor not fall off?". I think that 1" holes will really show you what's going on. So will removing the transom trim. It seems like rotting from the top down is a biggie on notched transoms.

 

[ahmincha]

I agree I actually plan on drilling 1/2" larger holes around all existing holes in transom including garboard drain. If by luck that all looks good then maybe I'll drill a few smaller ones

 

[Arawak]

I like the 1" hole plan. If you followed my build at all, I drilled 1/4" holes in strategic locations and they looked "okay I guess". After a full season of use, tearing into it revealed a, "why did the motor not fall off?". I think that 1" holes will really show you what's going on. So will removing the transom trim. It seems like rotting from the top down is a biggie on notched transoms.

Yeah, likewise. I used 1/4" bit and my shavings looked like foam.

 

[ahmincha]

Well did a little drilling today the wood in my transom is wet and I drilled a couple in the stringer in rear and wood we=as wet there to. the fiber glass on the rear side of the transom is 1/2" thick and the glass on the stringers is just under 1/4"





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[kcassells]

Very cool nice way to make your assessment! I guess though as unfortunate as it is your game plans are set. I like the bigger hole drill out. It will become a standard.
Did you use a wetometer for any readings or it was just that obvious?

 

[ahmincha]

No meter wood was not soaking wet but I am sure bad enough to replace I only drilled a couple tomorrow I will drill more. stringers are approximately 1 1/4" thick where I drilled I figured to do transom was hoping stringers were good.
Was wondering has anyone ever decapitated a walk around

 

[kcassells]

A walk around decap is a major$$ nightmare. I would srap her up, give her a good base and tear into her. You are talking alot of space, engineering, $$ and all that.
To do it would be really crazy cool and I have not seen alot of rehabs be able to go that way for the points I listed above.
But I will tell you you will be doing alot of dirty, bending, twisting, crawling, reaching, Kamasutraf to get her back together.

 

[ahmincha]

Ok so I thought theses screws were into the fiberglass underneath but when I tried them they just spun. So I reached under and there is nuts on the ones I can get to obviously I'm not sure on the ones I can not get to. It would make sense to me that if there are screws this panel should be removable. Anyone have any insight

 

[kcassells]

[h=1]1992 Stratos 2250 Walkaround Priced to Sell, FIRM[/h]

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I looked around at other Strats. i was dinking yours may have those screws modified by po. Looks original though. Time to break out the drill
and tap out those girls. I'll be interested to see what the purpose of that section was other than water penetration problems.

 

[ahmincha]

Ok got the rear section removed And the rear section in one piece I did have to cut the cap 3 ' on rear

 

[Rickmerrill]

And it's out! Way to go!!!

 

[Corjen1]

Good work Minch!!!

 

[Tnstratofam]

Last year a member hear (bakerjw) redid his Stratos 1850 which is a smaller version of what you have. He decaped his, and did a complete resto. He built a cradle for his which worked really well. He only lives about 20 minutes from me, and I went and saw it. It was an impressive resto to be sure. He hasn't been on here in quite a while, and his thread no longer has pics in it. I will see if I can get in touch with him, and see if he will input some of his wisdom on his project. I remember the deck on his was really difficult to remove. I remember he fought with it pretty hard.

 

[ahmincha]

Thanks guy's it was a bit of a pain the screws were actually bolts so accessing them was tough. I am not sure if these were original or not it just does not make sense that it would be bolted together as one piece then top meets hull but a couple nuts were impossible to get to

That would be great tn hopefully he can get pics back up

 

[kcassells]

Great! Sure did beat having to cut it out and then re-install/repair. Looks darn dry in there.

 

[jc55]

So, does the liner that you removed have a wooden deck or core in it? I've always been curious about those types of decks.

 

[Mikeopsycho]

Now you're getting somewhere!

 

[ahmincha]

Yes jc there is wood under the glass couple wet cores wetness some wet foam

 

[ahmincha]

hmm should I Yeah what the heck

 

[ahmincha]

anyone know what this is the other side