It was 12 or 13 years ago that I took my Stratos 1850 down to a bare hull and built it back up. Money was much tighter back then so I couldn't afford composite materials.
As fate would have it, water did get into the deck and transom so I resigned myself to another rebuild but this time using Coosa and Nidacore. I did identify how water got into the transom and that was alleviated. The transom is already finished with a few more layers of 1708 yet to be added.
The deck was installed in 3 sections with each section isolated from the others. That worked great.
The glass layer under the section of deck that got soft held as intended and the foam is dry as a bone as are the stringers and bulkheads. So far only a deck replacement.
The only one unseen issue was water intrusion where the fuel line and vent passed through the deck. The space between the hull and inside of the cap is very narrow and water that made it in to the bow area on the port side had nowhere to go. When I put the cap back on, I will see how much space is there and add a drain.
It sucks to do a project again but I am recently retired and now have the time to take it easy and make sure to never have to do it again.
As fate would have it, water did get into the deck and transom so I resigned myself to another rebuild but this time using Coosa and Nidacore. I did identify how water got into the transom and that was alleviated. The transom is already finished with a few more layers of 1708 yet to be added.
The deck was installed in 3 sections with each section isolated from the others. That worked great.
The glass layer under the section of deck that got soft held as intended and the foam is dry as a bone as are the stringers and bulkheads. So far only a deck replacement.
The only one unseen issue was water intrusion where the fuel line and vent passed through the deck. The space between the hull and inside of the cap is very narrow and water that made it in to the bow area on the port side had nowhere to go. When I put the cap back on, I will see how much space is there and add a drain.
It sucks to do a project again but I am recently retired and now have the time to take it easy and make sure to never have to do it again.