front view

before any work is done

before any work is done, see how terrible the red primer paint that is slathered on it looks. It was as if the bottom half of the motor was dipped in it. Took a while to strip.

After the red paint was stripped, and going by the colour inside the cowl, this is what it looks like now. I cannot find any pictures of the Viking brand, sold by Eaton's here in Canada and made by Gale / Evinrude.

Nice small 14' boat with a sharp prow.

This is what I found when I removed rear section of the floor. The bottom is in excellent shape, but the wood was REAL wet and soggy. The rear section is good enough to use as a template though. Replacing is easier than drying it out. The wood was not treated, just plain. There were no cross joists either. The stringers run front to back, and the 'glass that held them in place is still there, but the wood was SO wet, it pulled right apart.

The front section of the floor was totally rotten. Came out in small pieces. All the wood on the floor, front to back, will be replaced. There was not enough solid wood left on the front to make a template, so out comes the measuring tape! I just hope I use the tape that is not defective.........

Here it is topless. I was not planning on pulling off the top, but I'm glad I did. There were only side stringers on 1 side, and they can only be replaced properly with the top off. So 1 side had a wood side on the interior, the other side had the carpet glued right to the hull. This is also the only way to properly get at the front of the floor to replace it.

The transom looked to be good where you could see it when the top was on. But once the top came off, the truth was revealed. The transom was totally rotten along the sides. With a boat this small, repairing the transom will not be a very large task. 1" wood is what is in there, and it was obvious upon closer inspection that it was a factory transom. In order to change the transom, the top has to be taken off. The top still had the staples used to hold the top and bottom in place so it could be 'glassed.

The floor is actually smaller than it looks. The transom is only 56" wide at the top, and it covers the entire width of tha stern. The floor is narrow enough that a 4X8 sheet of marine grade plywood is wide enough to cover the floor area without any seams, the sheet actually needs trimming to fit.

Check out the condition of the gel coat on the top. Both sides of the top are like this the down the entire length. Repair and paint in the future