Stringers stop at gas tank, I'm confused

sly_macool

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Im restoring a 1995 Sunbird Stinger and noticed that the strigers stop at the gas tank. I was under the impression that stringers go all the way to the front of the boat. This defies all the rebuilding videos I watched on YouTube lol. I also noticed that their is no wood strigers closest to the sides of the boat.

Please let me know what's the scoop, I'd be very happy not to have to do a full length stringer however I'm sceptical.
 

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GA_Boater

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Can't really tell anything from the pics because of the piled up snow. Clean out some of it and back up to show more.
 

Scott Danforth

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your pictures are like someone took a picture of tree bark and is asking them to identify the tree. get the whole boat in the frame and snap a picture
 

Ned L

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Yep, need more than a picture of a left toenail to identify the person. :)
 

Bondo

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I was under the impression that stringers go all the way to the front of the boat.

Ayuh,..... My Old Town Atlantis is like that,.....

What I've come to call, an Egg Crate support system,.....
Still plenty of hull support, but no continuous stringers,....

I'm guessin' that the outer deck supports are the inside of the hull castin', with little to no room for excess wood,.....
 

sly_macool

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I wrote down what i mean on the picture in red, hope this helps will try to take better pics tonight
Once i took the decking off, the factory glassed over the foam
 

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