(Update: Little did I know, this would be the last picture of the boat actually looking like a boat for a while.)
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| The remainder of the carpet glue has been scraped from the bow and it has been cleaned | These pieces will replace the underside of the bow seats. The longer, more narrow boards behind them are for the coaming bolsters. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The stringers (or lack thereof!!!) are now exposed. The starboard stringer seems to be in very good condition, with the exception of where it should meet up with the center cross brace, at which point it is partially damaged. I trying to find ways of replacing the port stringer, the entire length of which has been destroyed. | Another look at the stringers...The port stringer and cross brace were completely rotted out and came out in small chunks. The additional area seen (toward the center from each stringer) was filled with cut foam (not expanding). The port stringer has completely rotted, bow to stern. I am hoping the transom has not been affected. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The foam (4 lb?) is being removed from the port rear box (the battery box). The removal of boxes was necessary because of the rotten condition of the wood structure. I should be able to find out about the transom once the boxes are removed. | This is a good picture of the condition of the wood (extremely rotten). The process of removing the rotten wood and foam chunks made an awful mess, as depicted by the picture below (to an angle). | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Here is a pile of soaked foam and rotten wood. The port stringer is in there somewhere!!! The type of foam used in the construction of this boat surprised me...it's the same green stuff a flower shop uses for displays. It soaks up water like a sponge!!! I can't imagine why it was ever used in the construction of this boat, or any boat for that matter. | I don't know why I took this picture. I'm just hoping the boat doesn't have to be split in half to replace the port stringer under the bow. (Update: Little did I know, this would be the last picture of the boat actually looking like a boat for a while.) |
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