Going over this boat. The challenge has been to figure out what to fix first, kind of like going over a rotten fish, trying to see what part is the least likely to poison you. I don't know where I learned this saying, but it still holds true when starting large, distasteful projects:
When faced with eating a rat, always eat the big piece first.
Looking over my own rat, I was having a hard time trying to figure out which piece had to be addressed first. In the quest to figure that out, I made a bow to stern assessment.
"Rotten" is the word to describe any and all portions of the boat that extend 6" from the shell of the boat. This is an excellent example. The wooden stringer (I think that is the term) runs 3' from the bow. It is fiberglassed into place. The fiberglass is good, but water has worked its way into the wood. It is now a mixture of mold, pulp and remnants of plywood.
Here I've chopped it out, scraped the hull and its prep'd for the new piece. The question remains, do I put a treated piece of wood in there, or do I go with something less likely to need repair again? If I did go with an alternate material, like plastic, where would I get some that is big enough?
I may just stick with treated lumber encased in epoxy. Time to go research.
Looking into the forward berth, the problem of the cross-supports is evident. the threshold itself has rotten through. It looks like someone thought it more important that water be able to get out of the forward berth than to fix the problem of water getting in, so they cut a hole. The Hole has since then led to more rotten wood. Since this is a main support piece, I'm leaving it for now. No sense in tampering with structural integrity until I have to.
When faced with eating a rat, always eat the big piece first.
Looking over my own rat, I was having a hard time trying to figure out which piece had to be addressed first. In the quest to figure that out, I made a bow to stern assessment.
"Rotten" is the word to describe any and all portions of the boat that extend 6" from the shell of the boat. This is an excellent example. The wooden stringer (I think that is the term) runs 3' from the bow. It is fiberglassed into place. The fiberglass is good, but water has worked its way into the wood. It is now a mixture of mold, pulp and remnants of plywood.
Here I've chopped it out, scraped the hull and its prep'd for the new piece. The question remains, do I put a treated piece of wood in there, or do I go with something less likely to need repair again? If I did go with an alternate material, like plastic, where would I get some that is big enough?I may just stick with treated lumber encased in epoxy. Time to go research.
Looking into the forward berth, the problem of the cross-supports is evident. the threshold itself has rotten through. It looks like someone thought it more important that water be able to get out of the forward berth than to fix the problem of water getting in, so they cut a hole. The Hole has since then led to more rotten wood. Since this is a main support piece, I'm leaving it for now. No sense in tampering with structural integrity until I have to.Since it all has to go, a wider view of the demo of the cabinets and wall to the forward bert. Why was this built with a sink?
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