StratosVtRocket
Cadet
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- Jun 18, 2007
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- 10
I have a 180 VT rocket bass boat (1986) with a 88 johnson gt 200 on it. I have read about all the post I can read about on the tunnel hull's built by stratos. Most of them, horror stories about the foam being soaked and the boats not getting any air under them because of weight. My problem is I am going to add a deck extension on the boat, not to worried about weight. I checked the foam where I could see in the front and around the transom and it looked perfect. I even took a screw driver and tore a piece out and it looked new. The problem I saw was the 1"x4" board (stringer, I assume) coming up the middle of the boat was rotted about a foot back on the board from the bow of the boat end. It was where the drain pipe from the bow started. Can I replace just that much of it or do I have to replace all of it? I planned on tearing out the floor of that area anyway to put in a storage box. The boat does have issues about getting on plane, but once on plane it will move. The choppier the water the better it runs. The transom was solid as well, but does have a few stress cracks in the glass. All of the foam that I could see was coated with a black tar like substance. This will be my first time doing this kind of work and any input will be much apprecited.
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