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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Thanks! I wasn't a fan of boats, only got this one because my shoulder was gone and I couldn't use the canoe anymore (my canoe is bigger then this tub) Was planning to get rid of it this year since I finally had my shoulder repaired, but having ability to go out on the lake almost every night...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I'm definitely not restoring this, just need it to float, not a beauty contest with all the million dollar boats in this lake. I'll drill some holes and check the wood chips. at 14' this boat is not going anywhere near rough seas, just something to get out on the water, usually to the nearest...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    filler only covers the fiberglass, which just just hangs over an empty cavity, there is no wood under it, doesn't look like there ever was anything there
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Thanks! I can stick my head under that tray in front of the engine and see the back of transom and drain plug, looks good to me, no bubbling or anything like that. those 2 large holes I drilled upfront was for ventilation while it's drying out, wanted to move air through the whole hull. I have...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I have drilled a hole in the floor with holesaw and found ZERO ROT, I'm not willing to perform an autopsy on a "living patient" just to prove there was no cancer, just looking for an ideas what kind of foam and where to get it, this is just to fill a void that is 1" deep on the sides where...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    And just so you don't think I'm a total wanker, here's some other progress I made: Back in August I pulled all the cushions out and took them completely apart. Turned out they used crap plywood and regular stapes and when it started falling apart someone just poured caulking into every hole...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Picture upload fixed?! Time to resurrect the thread LOL Despite all the warnings to stay close to shore I did take the boat out weekly, even to the big lake when the tourists left, used it till I had my surgery in October (comprehensive shoulder repair that sidelined me for several months) and...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I guess this is why I didn't get the epoxy, can't put gelcoat over it... but I was planning to paint it anyway. I have the Polyester putty from TB: "2-part, high-strength, fibrous polyester structural bonding and marine repair putty contains long strand milled glass fibers for strength and...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    How long do you think it's going to take for it to dry? Out of the water since Sunday and I don't think it rained since Sunday either. What is Gel? Gelcoat? Silica is some kind of thickener? Is that what they call peanut butter? I might be confusing it with something else, been watching too...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Still can't upload pics so here's a link to the photo of the transom, boat was too short for the trailer and it was sitting too far forward, on the metal rail past the rubber roller. I readjusted the trailer and that's when I saw the damage, wasn't visible when I bought the boat. I had it...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Thanks Lectro, some solid advice! I'm quite familiar with broken ankle routine, broke mine in '99 racing motorcycles, what you described is exactly what mine looks like, drywall screws through the tibia ball and plate+screws holding fibula together, 25 years later it's still pretty good, much...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I do want a bigger boat, thought a 14' was enough, and it is OK for 2, but with 3 of us and a Husky it is cramped... It'll do for now, my kid is almost 16, will have his license soon and I suspect will not be around much once he gets his freedom. Also the season is coming to the end, prices...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    TBH I suspected that boat might be worthless, so I knew I was buying the motor... This is the only reason I bought it. If it was an old clapped out engine I would have passed, but figured this Honda is worth what I paid for the boat
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Here's an album link, photos taken as I was working on the boat over the last few weeks (got it July 2nd or 3d) ended up ripping carpets out only a couple weeks ago and that's when I saw the cracks, one on either side. Damage at the back near the drain plug is from the trailer being too long...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Yes! It is the one listed, Sprint 143BR, it says the boat is worth $1700 and the motor is $660 but I think the motor is worth more than the boat, seen similar BF50 sell for $2k. Trailer is 1971, their book doesn't go older than '75 and this trailer is in great shape, probably hasn't been used...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Hopefully I'll be back to normal within a year, been nursing this shoulder for 14 years since the accident and now at the point where it severely impacts my day-to-day, so it's getting fixed. But I still work every day, being self-employed I have no other choice. Try to get on the water every...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I just want something I can take out on the lake with family and fish or swim...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    I like fixing things, rebuilt my 18 year old sled and 14 year old ATV, mechanical restoration mostly because that's what I know how to do. I got this boat cheap because engine needed some attention and had the engine running and seaworthy before the weekend was over, but while I understand...
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Yeah, that's what I thought, figured there has to be a way to repair without having to take out a second mortgage. If not repair, how do I find a decent hull?
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    New guy, floor repair questions

    Just to be clear, the cracks are in the horizontal part of the floor, before it meets the vertical part, it's kind of bulging up as if something swell up inside, and it's a single crack that's about a foot or two long on either side of the boat, outside of the hall looks pretty clean except for...
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