All right I've gotten into way more than I ever wanted to, but here it is. The boat sank at a friend of the families dock. The motor was locked up from the water and he thought it was ruined and sold it to me for $150.00 with the trailer. Cant beat that. I fixed the motor (Johnson 50) and ran it on the lake ran great. Floor was a little soft and the motor had just a little play so I figured I'd better have a look. Pulled the motor to find a rotten transom. I cut just the top out and dug all the rotten plywood out. I?ve been on the phone with Seacast all afternoon. Seems that?ll be the route I?ll go on the transom. The stringers are black, but I pealed the fiberglass off in a few spots and scraped the wood and they are not rotten. I even hit them with a hammer and they are solid. I?m wondering if I just recoat them in glass if all will be well for a few years. My biggest question is what size mat should be used on the floor. The glass that was on the original floor was no thicker than paper. I?d like to go a little thicker, but don?t know all the fiber jargon. It only had ? plywood to begin with so I?m upgrading to ? inch. My next question is; Is the foam in the hull really that important? I must have pulled 400lbs of saturated foam out of it.
