Banshee Project Boat - floor

[popeye_da_biker]

Alright so I picked up an old Banshee that was someone else's project and now it's mine. The PO modded this little monster into a fishing boat. He cut away the upper shell in the front, and put in a forward deck with a swivel seat and what appears to be a live well.

I need to replace the forward deck and convert the live well to storage.... the ply of the deck was rotted completely and they appear to have laminated glass on the underside...the whole front deck was ply with fiber glass applied underneath...not sure why. It would make more sense to me to glass the top fore waterproofing... the way it was done seems to have held the water in the ply and exacerbated the rot.

I'm in the process of gutting the boat and that's fine, but I need to know how to replace the deck properly... Now this is not a long term keeper. I just want to get a couple years out of it so I'm looking for a good fix, not the best.

Can I get by with exterior ply, some stringers (there weren't any in this section), caulk the edges, sealer, and carpet over the top?

I'm working on this and the electrical right now as it was beyond a rats nest of wires and had been exposed to the elements for at a least a year or two.. After that....Transom No idea if it's gone but there seem to be some big cracks in the glass. I don't mind the work.....I needed a new project

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Banshee Project Boat - floor

Not only do you need to do the front deck, but that transom is toast too. That crack in pic #4 shows a weak and most likely rotten transom. No sense in spending the time and money for the front deck if you're going to leave a rotten transom.

More than likely your boat is rotted throughout (decking, transom, and stringers) with waterlogged floatation ta-boot. you should pull the cap off and have a look before investing any money in a front deck.

I personally don't see this project being worth the time and money for just a couple years of use, you'll be able to sell it if fixed properly... but you'll never recoop all of your money, let alone your time invested.

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

Re: Banshee Project Boat - floor

Welcome to Iboats Popeye!

I'll 2nd JnG's opinion.

If you just want something for just a few years then you can find a water ready boat for the money you're going to put into that hull to make it safe and seaworthy. Not to mention the cost of the lost time on the water you'll have gutting and restoing.

Now if you truly love the boat, want a project for the next year or two, and like the thought of coming out the other side with a basically brand new boat that'll be good for years and years - well jump on in with the rest of us and tear away.

 

[sphelps]

Re: Banshee Project Boat - floor

I'll 3rd that ^^^^ Looks like a full blown restore!

 

[popeye_da_biker]

Re: Banshee Project Boat - floor

I'll 3rd that ^^^^ Looks like a full blown restore!

Sounds fun huh! You should have seem the Bike that was my last project! didn't know anything about them either. This is gonna be fun