PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

[robtherep]

Hello <br />We intend to use this boat for a year or 2 and not spend much doe or time restoring it.<br />Is there a quick and easy trick to repairing this stringer. Also is a stringer very important to the integrity of the hull or more to keep it separate from the floor.<br /> http://www.oppenauer.com/CAPPACHINO.html

 

[rickdb1boat]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

Don't see anything....

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

What stringer?? No picture.

 

[robtherep]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

sorry forgott that part

 

[epresutti]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

roboat,<br /><br />Looks like the keel is completely rotted out/ From what I can see in the pictures you need to replace this, very important part of the boat. <br /><br />Double check the stringers and see how solid they are. You may need to pull up the whole deck, you could probably cut it out cleanly and re-install it.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />Ed.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

Yes, as Ed says. The rotted keel is very bad; the stringer system is like the "bones" of the boat, tantamount to the integrity of the hull. Fix it, you will end up with a strong boat that will last for many years to come.

 

[robtherep]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

Thank you guys. I am a perfectionist by nature and would normally fix it 100% as i have with my others. This boat is just going to be a clunker to boot around the 15 min away lakes and I only want to keep it for a while. since the first 4 feet of the stringer are like new and the last 6 is just rotted half way down I thought there might be an easier fix. also I intend to put a new sheet of plywood over the old remaining plywood. That and a somehow filled in stringer would create some strength. Also the hull is solid.

 

[studlymandingo]

Re: PLEASE LOOK AT MY ROTTED STRINGER

You could remove all of the rot, and scab in some new wood. Glass everything together well though.