Panoguy
Petty Officer 2nd Class
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Hi:
Last fall, I decided that I wanted to freshen the interior of my (fairly new to me) 19' Seville cuddy - my first-ever boat. This is "a local" according to the papers that came with it (the original 1984 bill of sale!), it has never seen salt water, & has been wintered inside... it however was cradled all summer outside, so there's lots of UV damage and chalking.
It was my plan to just replace the aging carpeting & vinyl cockpit trim, remove the lounge seats in-favor of adjustable buckets, and removing the doghouse/jump seats - putting a bench just forward of the engine, & thereby gaining a usable (3' wide) sundeck in their place... and be on-my-way. I realize now that this was rather na?ve of me.
Well anyways, I purchased vinyl, carpeting & the seats (which are quite beautiful, by-the-way!), and waited for spring (NOW!)... I also did lots of research over the winter months on iBoats, the thing's that I'd likely encounter once I start tearing-out carpeting and seat boxes. Like everyone who purchases an almost 30-yr old craft, as I read, I came to realization that I was likely in for some challenges!
STRINGERS:
Sure enough, as you can see by the pictures attached - the stringers in my boat have seen better days. The wood is soft towards the top of the stringer, but seem to be in better shape as they near the hull floor. I'm certainly up for replacing them, but I'm wondering... again referring to the pictures attached, I cut 12" all around my gas tank well in-order to expose the polyurethane foam & explore. The foam is dry & solid, & most of the flooring plywood looks quite good, for it's age. (some issues with the starboard flooring, as you can see. BTW, there were no detectable soft spots in the floor before this project start).
QUESTIONS (finally!):
Can I just remove a couple-3 inches of foam from around the stringers, enough to enable removal/replacement? I see most everyone removes all foam (and floor plywood) and replacing it with blueboard foam, but this foam (and decking plywood) really looks pretty good.
Also, since my boat is a cuddy - should I tear-out the flooring (which would also include the couches) inside the cuddy also? The wider, more structural stringers seem to stop just forward (maybe 2") of the gas tank well - in-short... what should I do here?
Finally (for now), are there more stringers than what I've exposed - another set more toward the sides perhaps - or are there only 2 stringers under the floor?
It's my plan to document my adventure here, in this thread - please drop-by to visit, & let me know if I'm doing something horribly wrong! Let me thank in-advance anyone offering suggestion or advice, It's needed & very welcome - because I don't have a clue as to what I'm doing!
This is a scary thing for me, but I believe I will have a great little boat in the end, with your help.
Last fall, I decided that I wanted to freshen the interior of my (fairly new to me) 19' Seville cuddy - my first-ever boat. This is "a local" according to the papers that came with it (the original 1984 bill of sale!), it has never seen salt water, & has been wintered inside... it however was cradled all summer outside, so there's lots of UV damage and chalking.
It was my plan to just replace the aging carpeting & vinyl cockpit trim, remove the lounge seats in-favor of adjustable buckets, and removing the doghouse/jump seats - putting a bench just forward of the engine, & thereby gaining a usable (3' wide) sundeck in their place... and be on-my-way. I realize now that this was rather na?ve of me.
Well anyways, I purchased vinyl, carpeting & the seats (which are quite beautiful, by-the-way!), and waited for spring (NOW!)... I also did lots of research over the winter months on iBoats, the thing's that I'd likely encounter once I start tearing-out carpeting and seat boxes. Like everyone who purchases an almost 30-yr old craft, as I read, I came to realization that I was likely in for some challenges!
STRINGERS:
Sure enough, as you can see by the pictures attached - the stringers in my boat have seen better days. The wood is soft towards the top of the stringer, but seem to be in better shape as they near the hull floor. I'm certainly up for replacing them, but I'm wondering... again referring to the pictures attached, I cut 12" all around my gas tank well in-order to expose the polyurethane foam & explore. The foam is dry & solid, & most of the flooring plywood looks quite good, for it's age. (some issues with the starboard flooring, as you can see. BTW, there were no detectable soft spots in the floor before this project start).
QUESTIONS (finally!):
Can I just remove a couple-3 inches of foam from around the stringers, enough to enable removal/replacement? I see most everyone removes all foam (and floor plywood) and replacing it with blueboard foam, but this foam (and decking plywood) really looks pretty good.
Also, since my boat is a cuddy - should I tear-out the flooring (which would also include the couches) inside the cuddy also? The wider, more structural stringers seem to stop just forward (maybe 2") of the gas tank well - in-short... what should I do here?
Finally (for now), are there more stringers than what I've exposed - another set more toward the sides perhaps - or are there only 2 stringers under the floor?
It's my plan to document my adventure here, in this thread - please drop-by to visit, & let me know if I'm doing something horribly wrong! Let me thank in-advance anyone offering suggestion or advice, It's needed & very welcome - because I don't have a clue as to what I'm doing!
This is a scary thing for me, but I believe I will have a great little boat in the end, with your help.
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