Looks good doesn't she? Well I thought I got a pretty good deal on her but... I discovered that a botched floor repair allowed water to follow the stringer to the transom, and we all know what happend then.

Ok here we go... In the garage ready to be stripped

all exposed floor, windows and hatches removed.

Here is the Hull after splitting the boat. You can really see the rot now... notice the stringers look pretty good except the right side.

here's the top supported the best I could do. It will rest here until I am ready.

Looks Like all the wood, floatation and Livewells are sound and secure.

Here we can really see the damage. At this point I wanted to say the heck with it... but then who knows when I will be able to talk my better half into letting get a boat again :)

Ok here Hull is cleared of most debrie, foam and all fittings.

All that is left now are the stringers and transom supports.

Ok after way to much grinding, the hull is clean and I am more than ready to start fabricating the transom and stringers. Yes the hull is supported from below. I fabricated a 2x4 framework and attatched it to the trailer.

I am now gluing in the transom supports and test fitting the stringer layup.

Here is the new transom. Two pieces of 3/4 inch marine grade plywood. I am using epoxy for the project so I used 1/4" milled fiberglass with the epoxy inbetween the pieces.

Ok transom supports are fiber glassed in. And a piece of 1708 biax ready for the transom.

Here the transom is clamped to the 1708 Biax and epoxied in place. (sorry about the blurr)

Ok the transom is glassed in place with t layers of 1708 biax and a layer of 18oz woven roving taking the transom back up to the original thickness.

Here's the stringers, glassed in with 18oz woven roving and epoxy.

Ok Here is the new floor test fitted. It is 3/8" thick plywood. I know to thin but that is what was in there and I still hav the top to fit back in place. It will be covered with three layers of 18oz woven roving. that is the same as what Astroglass had there.

Ok the first section of the floor is glassed in and the flotation pilons are glassed in place.

Ok I am trying truck bed liner for the back compartment, ski locker, storage areas and bilge. We will see if it servives the bilge.

The Rest of the floor is in and ready for glass. There will be a total of three layers of 18oz woven roving. (Over kill? who knows but I was able to detect that many on the original)

Floor is Complete here is the view from the front with the new hatches

Another view of the floor. I decided to play with coloring the epoxy. It turned out pretty good.

Almost complete. Just need to wash and wax the hull. The trailer and bunks will get finished later in the season... Notice the little ham in the back ground :)

front

Not looking to bad for my first rebuild.

The hatches worked out better than I could have hoped, now to see if the carpet holds up.