Its a big task. Done right youll be glad you did it. Your going to love removing the carpet if its glued to anything your not replacing. Theres a factor that makes doing this yourself better than paying someone else. Id pick up some piece of what ever from the mountain of pieces and there was a mountain of pieces. Some nights I would be out there working on what have you and id look at that pile with confidence my boat would be like new again. From time to time a buddy would come over most were sad fearing my boat that they had fished out of so long was in that many pieces. Howver After thousands of hours in this boat I knew where every piece went. No one else could have done this job correctly. I used high quality plywood fitted all pieces, all holes pre drilled and two coats of marine epoxy, covered everthing in marine vinyl. It was worth the costs and time. I started right about now September or October and finished about May worked as much as i could over the winter. One hang up I had was keeping my shop warm enough for the epoxy to cure at 65 degrees it took a week between coats at 75 overnight. Each layer required the previous to be done and installed because the plywood and vinyl alters everything from the origonal pieces.
