demarko210
Chief Petty Officer
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Essentially, a common theme here on Iboats is that you can go back the way the manufacturer did it if you want. Most people look at what the manufacturer did and decide to improve it. Plywood is much more suitable to forming a stringer, but if you want to replace it as you found it, you can. Dimensional lumber has a tendency to swell and warp with changes in humidity and temperature, plywood is much more stable. When the wood swells, it can slowly break the laminated fiberglass away from the wood. Also plywood gives you more strength.
Understood. I am going with plywood the rest of the way. Just the cabin back will be plywood stringers. The cabin on to the front are ok except for the center dagger stringer under the cabin. i will have to cut the cabin floor to access it. I could not pull my cap the way you did but thats ok. Thanks for the help