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Any idea why the 2 strips of wood are there do they need to be put back and what will I redo that area with? I obviously have more dismantling to do just putting a plan together when I don't have time to be in the boat. Cheers

Finally had a chance to get back to it, quick question about the blue area of the bilge seems to be a thick layer of im guessing 1708 does this need to be removed or just sand the edges where the new stringer will meet it? It appears there are 2 strip of wood possibly that are underneath it but...

The mounts were lag bolted in, wouldn't that just force the layers apart?

Is this normal construction of an engine beds and would i be better doing a solid block of some hardwood for the new ones?

Finally got a bit of time to get back to teardown slow and steady is gonna be my game plan lol, foam seems to be dry so far stringers are soft about 10" from transom gonna keep chasing and see where we end up. I definitely appreciate all the info I have received so far from you all and will post...

I have been watching his searay video on utube, alot of good info just trying to process all of it

Heck of a writeup I'm about halfway through reading it, i will be digging deeper tomorrow and see how far I'm going to be into it and see what the wife thinks and go from there

Pmt133 how much do you think you had in supplies and did you do the transom also?

The pictures definitely help me see what I'll be getting into thank you

So best way to get started would be to rip up decking and work down from there, get foam out then start drawing it up with measurements?

What is the best way to make sure stringers and engine mounts go back in the same location once everthing is cut out? I think that's my biggest fear of doing a job of this nature it's not the labor or figuring out how to lay it up just making sure everything goes back were its supposed to be

Floatation box as in areas either side of the bilge from transom moving forward?

keyhole had decent wood but it is rotted at the very bottom so possibly caught it kinda early ends of stringers are soft at transom but unsure how far it goes. Tomorrow I am going to clean and bundle wiring out of the way and start opening it up, will report back