88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

[fishmonster13]

i picked this up in a trade so i sold my other boat and started tearing into this. it came to me with the floor partialy removed and after tearing it up i found that every piece of wood in it was rotting or starting to rot. so at this point i have it gutted except for the transon wood which will come out as soon as i get the motor of hich will happen once the rain stops. i 've got the new stringers, cross stringers and floor all cut and will probably give them all a coat of epoxy this evening
pics are here http://s189.photobucket.com/albums/z114/fishmonster13/boat/

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

well today got the transom wood out but had to cut the splash well off to do it, got the stringers,cross stringers,and transom half epoxied hopefully finish those up tomorrow before i go to work. didn't get much done this weekend with the rain

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

heres pics of how it was when i got it

 

[ezmobee]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

You sold a Johnson powered aluminum for a rotted Forced powered Bayliner? For the love of god WHY?????

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

well both boats needed work but the starcraft looked halfway decent so it sold and now i'm left with the bayliner ,i actually looked around for another starcraft with no motor but couldn't come up with one in the area, plus the bayliner is big enough to take the family out on, the starcraft had a very narrow beam and more than two was a crowd

 

[trief]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

When you were working on this boat did you do it on the trailer of up on blocks? I was asking because I have a 87 liner capri i/o that Im doung the same thing to.

 

[88BLiner]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

Hello, I am in the same boat as you (no pun intended). I have a 1988 Bayliner Cobra 1800 that I am having to replace every piece of wood in it. I just got the transom put in this past weekend. I also traded an 15' aluminum with a Johnson 50hp for this boat. Like you I wanted a boat that I can take the family out on.

 

[lpope]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

i have an 85 bayliner capri bowrider how did you repair your transom? do you have pics
Thanks
Leon

 

[trief]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

well today got the transom wood out but had to cut the splash well off to do it, got the stringers,cross stringers,and transom half epoxied hopefully finish those up tomorrow before i go to work. didn't get much done this weekend with the rain

What is the wood type you used here for the stingers and beams it does not
look like plywood. Also when you were doing this was the boat still on a trailer or up on blocks/jacks?

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

the boat is on the trailer but i jacked it up and have put jack stands under it to keep it from moving ,stringers are fir and currently covered in epoxy.the transom and cross stringers are pt plywood made from 3/4 ,transom is 3/4 and piece of 1/2 glued together and the transom braces are 2 pieces of 1/2 glued together. transomwood will epoxeid to the fiberglass transom and will use peanut butter epoxy to close any gaps on the bottom same with the stringers. I'm taking Thursday off of work so i will have 4 days to put it back together this weekend should be able to get the majority of it done. i have some new photos up are my photobucket account

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

well , ive gotten alot done since my last post , the floor is in and fiberglassed ,splash well back on and getting ready to glass it in and all but a few pieces of wood are cut and coated with epoxy, and for the motor the carbs have been rebuilt waiting on a new impeller still also going to reseal and change out the oil in the lower unit and as far as the trailer goes it now has new lights so i shoould be done and ready to test it out next weekend (weather permitting)

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

and some more pics

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

I'm pretty close to done painted the inside today and started reinstalling stuff ,hoping to see water by next weekend

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

i put more photos up on my photobucket , just can't get them sized right so you can see anything on here

 

[dorelse]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

I was always told that pressure treated plywood & fiberglass resin won't adhere. Over time the chemicals leach out of the plywood and loosen the resin and it all falls apart eventually, did you use 'green treated' plywood or exterior grade?

 

[Mark42]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

I like this brace on the ski locker.

 

[Mark42]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

I was always told that pressure treated plywood & fiberglass resin won't adhere. Over time the chemicals leach out of the plywood and loosen the resin and it all falls apart eventually, did you use 'green treated' plywood or exterior grade?

That is a common misconception. The APA tests how that resin sticks to wet presssure treated nearly as well as dry ply, and resin sticks to dry pressure treated as well as dry ply. The chemicals used in treated ply can't leach out. One of the reasons pressure treated wood lasts so long, water or other chemiclas can't make the treating chemicals come out.

I've put poly resin and glass on pressure treated ply and it holds up as well as CDX. The difference being if there is a puncture or crack in the glass, water that gets in can't cause rot. Leaving you the opportunity to let it dry and patch at a later time.

 

[fishmonster13]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

I like this brace on the ski locker.

i didn't know what was in there before because most o fht e floor was ripped out before i got the boat , i knew some thing went there but didn't know what. it may get trimmed out later if it doesn't work out . but hey it's a fishing boat now

 

[Mark42]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

My Capri didn't have a cross brace. They doubled up the thickness of the locker hatch to prevent flexing. I think the brace is stronger, but not as practical for storing long objects.

 

[dorelse]

Re: 88 bayliner 16ft capri rebuild

Then why did I think PT plywood was such a no-no? Was it the warping it can go through until its fully dried? Not implying fishmonster13 has done anything wrong, I still have the bow to do on mine...so always willing to learn.