joeltjen10
Seaman
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- Jul 18, 2016
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Started my winter project to rebuild the 1990 Crestliner Phantom I purchased in 2008. When I bought the boat it came with a soft floor down the middle so I replaced a few sections with treated plywood and cheap carpet. The past couple years other areas of the floor began to get soft so I decided it was time to replace those as well. My research told me the treated plywood might be a problem with the aluminum. So I went to work removing the floor to see what I'd find. After tearing out the floor here is what all I decided needed to get done.
1. Replace all flooring with 3/4" Marine Grade Plywood covered with Resin and 6oz Fiberglass cloth.
2. Replace all wood in the bow with 3/4" Marine Grade Plywood covered with Resin and 6oz Fiberglass cloth.
3. Reconfigure the bow to accommodate the trolling motor batteries (moving from the transom to the bow for better weight balance) and maximize the storage. This will require that I have the bow seats replaced with new and removable seats so the bow can be a fishing platform or seating. This also requires that I replace the live well.
4. Since most of the vinyl panels are attached to the flooring I've decided to replace all side panels and the vinyl with 1/2" exterior grade plywood sealed with either deck sealer or waterproof paint.
5. New pedestal seats have been purchased and will be installed. The pictures show 4 pedestal seats but up until October I only had 2 pedestal seats and 1 back to back seat.
After removing the flooring I found that most of the foam was in acceptable condition so I won't need to remove that.
Here are a few pictures of what it looked like before I started tearing it apart and 1 picture of the bow as I have it configured. I will be removing all of the bow wood to take additional pictures of it empty once it warms up a little.
1. Replace all flooring with 3/4" Marine Grade Plywood covered with Resin and 6oz Fiberglass cloth.
2. Replace all wood in the bow with 3/4" Marine Grade Plywood covered with Resin and 6oz Fiberglass cloth.
3. Reconfigure the bow to accommodate the trolling motor batteries (moving from the transom to the bow for better weight balance) and maximize the storage. This will require that I have the bow seats replaced with new and removable seats so the bow can be a fishing platform or seating. This also requires that I replace the live well.
4. Since most of the vinyl panels are attached to the flooring I've decided to replace all side panels and the vinyl with 1/2" exterior grade plywood sealed with either deck sealer or waterproof paint.
5. New pedestal seats have been purchased and will be installed. The pictures show 4 pedestal seats but up until October I only had 2 pedestal seats and 1 back to back seat.
After removing the flooring I found that most of the foam was in acceptable condition so I won't need to remove that.
Here are a few pictures of what it looked like before I started tearing it apart and 1 picture of the bow as I have it configured. I will be removing all of the bow wood to take additional pictures of it empty once it warms up a little.
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