have you got he floor down yet ? I was surprised to see someone else didn’t like how bayliner brought the bulk heads all the way up to the helms as well. I hate that. I plan on laying the floor entirely from bow to stern. And building on top of that. Also didn’t like how the stringers stepped in starting at the locker. Thought about trying something different there to get a wider locker. Maybe create some access In he floor at the bow . I pulled the cap on mine to cut the wood out under the helms made it a lot less of a pain. I do not plan on putting as much foam back in this thing. Like under the helms I’m gonna use that for storage . And back in the stern where the 2 big boxes are on the port and star sides. Waste of space if you ask me. Keep posting up. Nice to see another bayliner like mine getting overhulled
No, hoping to get the floor down by this weekend, but thats an ambitious goal.. Probably more likely to get the floor cut to size and maybe glass the underside, but I can dream...
I think were in the same "boat" :laugh: as far as the reconstruction and not putting it back how bayliner did it. It would be a huge pain in the butt to do the large stringers and bulkheads that make up the boxes above the floor, but I get why they did it... The factory is definitely CNC cutting all these pieces, so it would make their assembly process much easier.
I also plan on leaving all that foam out that was under the helm area since that could be a ton of storage. Thats the one thing I like better about my stingray, is it has way more storage room than this, so adding storage under the helm will make a big difference. Other than that, I plan on foam going back in all the same other spots. I'm still a little concerned with how much flex there will be in the floor by the ski locker since I didn't put back the two inner stringers, so I may add some stiffening ribs or something to the underside of the floor in this area... haven't decided yet.
