so this weekend i took a reciprocating saw to the transom top to clean it out to pour in some seacast hopefully....there was mud in the bottom of the transom which i assume was organic compound due to ROT....
so.i decided to cut the inside of the transom and found plenty of roteven some bondo blobs. i noticed that the splash well drain hole fitting was cracked on the bottom..i guess thats where the darn water started....so it was getting late and needed to clean up so this is where i am so far....
so then i noticed when i stood up in the boat a squish sound...there is no carpet in the boat so it had to be under the floor.... i peeled a piece that i assumed would need patching and this is what i found....
the surface has dried out a bit since yesterday - i guess these holes are where they pump the foam in.
yes that is WET FOAM! i am so discouraged now. and im thinkin for the money to fix this i can just go get me a decent used jon boat since my trailer is good.
i have nothing but time tied into this boat so far. so its really no loss...
i aquired this boat in a trade + cash kinda deal...i traded an 81 chevy non running truck for this boat and 1200 bucks "big block w/ nice parts" so i came out way ahead on the original deal... i still have that money in saving so i can drop that on a good used bateau here in town....
so honestly, how much $$$$$ would i be looking at in material approx to restore this and i am assuming i would now need to split the hull or go absolutely complete floor and stringer restoration... i dont like dealing with fiberglass and resin...the transom would have been about how much i wanted to deal with that part of it.
please....any suggestions and honest opinion on what you would do with this boat are welcome.
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so.i decided to cut the inside of the transom and found plenty of roteven some bondo blobs. i noticed that the splash well drain hole fitting was cracked on the bottom..i guess thats where the darn water started....so it was getting late and needed to clean up so this is where i am so far....
so then i noticed when i stood up in the boat a squish sound...there is no carpet in the boat so it had to be under the floor.... i peeled a piece that i assumed would need patching and this is what i found....
the surface has dried out a bit since yesterday - i guess these holes are where they pump the foam in.
yes that is WET FOAM! i am so discouraged now. and im thinkin for the money to fix this i can just go get me a decent used jon boat since my trailer is good.
i have nothing but time tied into this boat so far. so its really no loss...
i aquired this boat in a trade + cash kinda deal...i traded an 81 chevy non running truck for this boat and 1200 bucks "big block w/ nice parts" so i came out way ahead on the original deal... i still have that money in saving so i can drop that on a good used bateau here in town....
so honestly, how much $$$$$ would i be looking at in material approx to restore this and i am assuming i would now need to split the hull or go absolutely complete floor and stringer restoration... i dont like dealing with fiberglass and resin...the transom would have been about how much i wanted to deal with that part of it.
please....any suggestions and honest opinion on what you would do with this boat are welcome.
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if your close ill take it lol.. if not than either chop it up or do what M said and call them up
