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Plan for Stringer Section



December 31, 2011

I did get some time to do some more inspecting...I have checked the transom and it is fine. Because I don't have any space to store the cap I am going to leave it on and work around it. I believe that I will be able to do that...

Now that I have done some research I am going to remove the bulkheads and stringers from the back to the bulkhead that is under the drivers seat. Everything towards the front of that is dry and solid. There are 3 stringers and the 2 outer stringers end at that bulkhead...here is a Visio drawing of what I plan to do.

January 8, 2012
Here is a good picture of what I am up against...

This boat has been worked on before but it looks like there is only one thin layer of mat and the resin was just glooped on to keep the stringers up. Also the fiberglass underneath wasn't properly prepared as the "newer" glass is just popping up. It did make stringer removal very easy even though some of the wood was solid. But now all of the rotten wood is removed.


The yellowish fiberglass is the hull which is shiny. I have toyed around with the idea of just leaving the center stringer in and glassing it in place, but I do have a small crack on the outside of the hull that has me thinking that I better pull up the center stringer and repair the crack. I am not sure it was caused by that stringer, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

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