Subpar Bayliner Restoration...

[BoatNewbies]

Hello again professional boaters of the world!

BoatNewbies back with another post
If you’re wondering why I haven’t posted on the forum post I made about the mechanical issues of my boat, then that is because I’m mechanically disinclined

Me and my technician friend have different schedules so its harder to find time to work on the boat. But for the mean time there is something my unskilled *** can do! (Maybe)

I wanted to redo the carpet on the flooring for a couple reasons, got dirty easily, carpet on a boat just doesn’t make much sense in my eyes, looks old and gross.

So I decided to order this teak deck floor carpeting thing that I saw Goonzquad get for their boat which I thought would be an inexpensive little renovation I could do to make the boat pop more

I guess where I’m going here is what would you recommend I do before I lay down the new carpet?

I know I gotta sand down that yellow material used to stick the carpet down and then apply new epoxy to the wooded areas? Any recommendations for wood treatment / water proof treatment I can use for the wood?

I read to use like a gel coat epoxy, and then use some contact adhesive on the corners of this teak carpet to avoid peeling down the road

The teak carpet I ordered just peels back like a sticker and sticks to the ground

1 last thing, the part along the back of the boat where the speakers are, water likes to build up there sometimes. There’s no drain to bring the water out of the boat so I’m not sure if its possible to possible drill or make one some how? Excuse if this is a dumb question but my name isn’t boatnewbies for nothing

Thanks appreciate anyone’s 2 cents

- BoatNewbies

 

[Scott Danforth]

first..... there should be fiberglass covering the wood. not just carpet.

your boat may be the victim of a "deckover" where the prior owner screwed plywood over the rotten floor to sell to some unsuspecting boat buyer.

open the engine hatch and post pictures.....

me thinks you have a full boat restoration ahead of you.

 

[BoatNewbies]

Some parts are like fiber glass but then there does seem to be a little wood. Wouldn’t I just be able to re epoxy or insert fiber glass? The wood hard and doesn’t feel soft. That’s why I was curious if there was something to continue to strength it as the years go by.

It’s an outboard motor I do not have an engine hatch

 

[BoatNewbies]

Hey guys still in need of advice. Is there a fiberglass product I should glue to the wood parts or just lay some water proof expoxy and then lay down the carpet?

 

[Scott Danforth]

No, your boat is most likely the recipient of a deck-over. you cant band-aid a band-aid and have safe results.

you should investigate further. most likely you will be removing the bad deck-over (read that as unsafe) - then doing a proper restoration as most likely your stringers and your transom are rotten.

in the DIY sticky at the top of the forum, read links 14 and 15 and 18 in their entirety

 

[JASinIL2006]

What year is the boat? Can you get some pictures with a wider view?

It's hard to tell if that's a deckover or not... in some of the pictures, it looks like the current deck material is tabbed to the side of the hull. Normally, you'd want to look at someplace where you can see the edges of the decking (e.g., a ski locker opening) to see if there is more than one layer of plywood there.

Some boats didn't have much fiberglass on the deck itself... my Larson had something on the deck - like a resin of some sort - but no fiberglass cloth per se.

Boatnewbies, most of us here are very hesitant to recommend band-aid patches if the original poster isn't sure the boat is sound, which is why Scott is asking questions about the decking. No one wants to recommend work that will cover up an unsafe boat.