Re: advise on removing this cap
ok, I worked on the boat a little today, started tearing out all the wood, nearly everything was rotten, and also took some pictures to help show the problem area. I have removed about 90% of the floor, and the cab is gone. I'm keeping the stringers in place till I get the wood to make a cradle to hold the boat, which will be soon hopefully, kinda hard to find time to work on this, I'm also currently remodeling a house, been working on it for 2 and a half years now, and trying to finish putting the drywall up. Anywho, here is where I'm at now.
The first picture is the boat overall from the outside, second picture is the floor removed aft of the cabin, third picture is the cabin and floor all removed, and the last picture is the problem area. The cap is right up against the transom, just an inch and a half away, the same width of the transom. Since taking the whole cap off is kinda risky, should I just cut off the last foot to foot and a half of the cap off on both sides to get the transom back in, then repair where it was cut? There is also some damage on the keel on the bow from many years of beaching, I didn't get any pictures of that today, I forgot. That is the second reason I was wanting to take the cap off, so I could flip the hull, repair the keel, and paint the hull. I'm almost thinking that I would be better off building a cradle, replacing the stringers and floor, then repair the keel with the boat blocked up so I can get access to it, then paint with it right side up the whole time?
