Rotten Stringers

[Rinker85]

I Have a 1985 Rinker V170. Last summer my front engine mount bolts were loose because of rotten wood. I filled in the holes with liquid nails and splinters or wood. I installed longer lag screws and they seem to be holding just fine. Well now this summer the rear mounting bolts are doing the same thing. So it is time to replace them.

My question is it possible to replace just the mounting pads without ripping up the whole floor? In the picture it looks like a couple of pieces of plywood. I know I need to cut them out. What are they mounted too? Are the pads (if that's what you call them) mounted to the stringers?

I know how to work with lumber. I just don't understand how everything is secure.

 

[tpenfield]

It all depends how far the wet wood and rot goes. It wouldn’t make sense to fix some of it and leave rot behind.

It it it is just the mounts, the floor can stay, but those odds are slim.

 

[Scott Danforth]

yes it is possible.....However as Ted cautions, you will most likely find more

especially on a 34 year old Rinker

I discovered a crack in one of my mounts fiberglass back in '12... not very big, happened over winter the first year. so I pulled the motor and cut out the mounts.....to discover wet stringers and transom as well as saturated foam.

so I am pretty certain that you will be doing a complete restoration on your boat to get rid of the water/wet foam/rot