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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    The deck itself is oddly shaped so my neighbor suggested using flattened cardboard to mock up the cut for the new decking when the time comes, do you thing this will work? I had to make several cuts to avoid catching any wires, gas lines, or the hull, not to mention I wanted to leave any...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    So true! The glass in the passenger side of the hull beneath the floor is rock solid though, after prying out 4” or so of foam from the open cavity, it didn’t even flinch to a hammer, I do not have a view of the bottom yet, boat seems to have a deck below to house the giant gas tank. It almost...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    Spent the evening tearing out the old deck. Holy foam.. so much everywhere and it was wet too. Didn’t realize how big of a gas tank I had until I saw it. It’s gotta be close to a 30 gallon tank! At first I was discouraged when I I started, then my neighbor lent a hand, and boy did we start...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    @briangcc you make it sound so easy with the removing of the trailer! I am beginning to regain some confidence with this as my biggest headache is to be grinding underneath the trailer so far. I couldn’t have imagined glassing from underneath, plus I have a gravel driveway so my creeper gets...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    The crate is just what houses the curtains I mentioned. The curtains could be a carpet substitution and interior/seat cover material. The solid wood from work would be used as a bracing to hold the form while the boat is trailered, not the final material. Sorry for the confusion!
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    The piece of wood also came out with zero glass on either side, almost like it was used to form the chine shape. Seems weird that it had zero glass on it at all. I am going to take the sawzall to the deck on the passenger side tomorrow to see the extent of the damage. With proper bracing, can...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    @KJM i have a feeling that the previous owner hit something on a river. When I purchased the boat he mentioned taking it out on a river for a date with his wife and did not elaborate more. The gel coat has been slowly washing away from the repair so it seems as though something was catalyzed...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    Thank you all for taking the time to reply to my mess of a boat.. For starters I’m going to call and arrange the return.. The only sentimental value I have is that it’s my first boat and started out with the thing only going 4knots or so, tinkering around I learned a lot about the engine and...
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    Seeking advice on seemingly large hull/structural repair! Help please! 1979 Marquis Catalina.

    Hello, I am hoping you experts out there can help guide me in a repair/restore I have found myself in the middle of.. I bought a boat 2 years ago and got some great use out of it so far but when inspecting at the start of the season, I noticed the a previous patch job was looking extra bad...
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