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    Best flooring options?

    Actually, a floor job on an aluminum is way easier than fiberglass. The hardest part is dealing with all of the rusted screws. I usually end up having to pull the wood through a few of them.
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    Best flooring options?

    His is a Smokercraft, so aluminum. The textured gel floors you described are also usually on ones where the cap comes down the sides and becomes the floor. Those suck when the floor rots.
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    Best flooring options?

    Why? Something wrong with yours? That's not very practical for an aluminum boat. You would have lots of exposed screw heads, and still need to cover the gaps and hull sides at the edges.
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    This trailer has rocking bunks

    I don't see how it would help. The engine is either up on the top of the transom for outboards, or sitting on mounts against the stringers for inboards. Either way, the weight might be centered, but isn't supported dead center on the trailer.
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    How do you screw into fiberglass/gelcoat without chipping?

    I've never used any specialty drill bits for boats. Just the normal HSS 118° drill bits out of any hardware store. Not the super cheap gold colored stuff though. Those just suck for anything. My Irwin sets came with split points though. Nice for metal, but gel and glass are so soft that you...
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    215 sundowner transom

    Tape measure and drawing diagrams. The stringers will be fairly easy, they usually sit in a strake. Height is a bigger challenge. Leave them a bit tall, then cut them down to size once they're glassed in. Easier to trim than to correct if they're cut too low. For motor mounts, just use your...
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    BAR 🍸 OPEN

    You could try looking for those unbreakable glasses they use on Bar Rescue. They said they were made by Thundergroup, but I could never find any.
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    215 sundowner transom

    It depends on where the water is coming in, how it drains, and how well the water can get to the wood. Check the bulkhead in the front of the engine compartment too.
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    Random

    And mustard.
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    Best flooring options?

    I would suggest doing it. I don't know if smoker craft did this, but lunds screw a metal plate on the under side of the floor where the pedestal seat bases go. This helps keep the seats from ripping through a rotten floor when the boat is in use, but that won't work forever. So even if you are...
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    Robalo2440 1995 Nav light needs repaired

    Is that dielectric grease? You didn't pack it into the holes, did you?
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    How do you screw into fiberglass/gelcoat without chipping?

    I zoomed in on your picture. It looks like you didn't get deep enough. You should be down to the glass around the edge of the hole. You may need to use a smaller counter sink bit, so you can go deeper without getting past what the hardware will cover. Run the screws in slowly by hand, and keep...
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    215 sundowner transom

    Nope. The only way will be to have the motor pulled, get in there, and get messy. As for the mounts, also no. You'll have to cut the glass away from them, remove any remaining material, bed new ones in resin putty, and glass them to the hull and stringers. This makes them part of the...
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    How do you screw into fiberglass/gelcoat without chipping?

    Everyone mentioning the method of running the drill in reverse makes me think of a way you SHOULDN'T do it. Don't predrill, then try to countersink with a bigger bit. It will do the same as an oversized screw and grab the gel, lifting and cracking it.
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    Best flooring options?

    I would go with the vinyl. Pros. 1. It doesn't absorb water like carpet or foam. 2. It's easier to clean. 3. it won't stain as bad. Cons. 1. It shows imperfections in the floor worse than carpet or foam. 2. It's much harder to hide a bad cut when installing. 3. If water does get under it, it...
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