Re: Help On Rebuilding boats
I can help. My Bayliner was in the same shape as your boat; the hull was saturated; a varitable eggshell ready to crak in half and sink with one good sized wave. I gutted it to the outter shell, and relayed it, and it is now several times stronger and sounder than even the finest new similar sized boat.... floorboards, foam, stringers, motor mount, and hull layers. Pilar showed me how. I have proven it on the ocean in up to 9 foot seas.
You will need the following tools: chainsaw (dull), full sized grinder with several course wheels, crow bar, large and small paint brushes, mixing tubs and swizzel sticks, skill saw, hot air heaters, shop vac, about a hundred sets of gloves, and a coule dozen air masks.
The materials you need are not expensive, but be warned you are in for one he** of a nasty itchy time consuming job. If your entire hull needs relaying, you are looking at at least 200 hours of the hardest labor of your life (asuming your boat is around 18' long).
Unless you have the ability to take time off and work straight through, don't expect to be done until the end of summer. My hull took 11 days, 11 hours a day, and I got it done much faster than everyone said it could be done because I worked feverishly and in direct 90+ degeree sunlight. In retrospect, if I had not already rebuilt my enigne and every mechanical system on my boat before discovering the hull was gone, I would have opted for junking it and getting a different boat.
Feel free to email me directly and if you like, we'll set up a time for me to look at your boat (bath tub) and show you how to begin.
I just posted a pic of my gutted bilge pocket and rotted transom from the early stages of the relay.
DC
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