Back2WorkWesty
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- Jul 1, 2022
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New to the site and new to boating, but I am not new to work and fixing things. Hoping to learn from people a lot smarter at this stuff than I am.
I purchased a 1969 Glastron Gulfstream. The deck has a couple holes in the fiberglass and I can feel the soft wood and see some rotting in about a 2 square foot area in the center (so I am sure it is worse than that). My plan is to cut the affected area to see how bad it is, eventually removing flooring to where I can repair what is necessary and leaving some structure along the edges to attach new wood flooring and then prep to help with holding the new fiberglass over the top. I plan on completely sealing everything on top once complete, but for now I just want to figure out the structure part of this project and getting the deck solid.
I guess my questions are the following:
Thanks
- Westy
I purchased a 1969 Glastron Gulfstream. The deck has a couple holes in the fiberglass and I can feel the soft wood and see some rotting in about a 2 square foot area in the center (so I am sure it is worse than that). My plan is to cut the affected area to see how bad it is, eventually removing flooring to where I can repair what is necessary and leaving some structure along the edges to attach new wood flooring and then prep to help with holding the new fiberglass over the top. I plan on completely sealing everything on top once complete, but for now I just want to figure out the structure part of this project and getting the deck solid.
I guess my questions are the following:
- Would it make more sense to just plan on doing the entire floor, or just repair the affected area?
- Is there an ideal wood to use for this type of repair?
- Westy