the best way to replace stringers

sa43

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I figured it out folks. The best and easiest sure fire way to replace a rotten floor. Take any and all metal off the boat take it to a scrap yard. take the rest of the boat find a big ditch dump it in the ditch and sell the trailer. I promise you will be money ahead
 

Scott Danforth

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And pay a huge fine for illegal dumping?
 

MTboatguy

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It only costs me a little less than $30 a ton to get rid of a boat, I drive in, they weigh me, dump boat, drive out, they weigh me, give them money, take trailer home. I don't recommend dumping it in the ditch.
 

chevymaher

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Depends on how you look at it and if you actually want a boat. It is far far cheaper to fix one and have a nice boat. Than to pay for a working boat that is a POS and about to sink.
 

AlabamaNewbie

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I have learned so much in the few weeks I have been here and working on my boat. I firmly believe that I will never own a boat that I haven't rebuilt. I was so surprised at what wasn't done under the deck by the manufacturer. There are sections of the stringers that were not even glassed in. about 5 sections so far, each about 8 to 10 inches, just bare wood. You can tell it was that way from day 1 because of the way the edges are on the glass that is around it. It looks like they tabbed the stringers in with glass about every 10-12 inches with about a 2 inch strip. There are no fittings in the cross braces for water to run to the bilge, just haphazard holes cut out and a little resin thrown around (and the holes look like they were dug out by a kindergartner with a dull spoon).

Today, mass produced boats may be better - but no way would I bet money on it.
 
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