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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I peeled back where dad made a repair about 20 years ago. (quick fix then which was supposed to be corrected and never was) From what 7 year old me remembered, it looks exactly the same still. I investigated around the fuel tank and all wood in that area appears to be solid still. Perhaps it...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    So I started investigating, probing with a screwdriver and took some measurements. The first big thing was putting a straight edge on the hull and checking for a hook. Can report no meaningful discrepancies in levelness. There is an unevenness in the ablative bottom paint from it flaking off...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    It's a pre OMC buyout boat. Wouldn't touch an OMC with a pole. Hell I feel dirty typing it. :ROFLMAO: I get what you mean though. That being said it isn't a 84 bayliner. I expect the stringers are fully glassed but again... being 40 years old nothing lasts forever. All things considered the...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    The stringers are allegedly encased in glass already. I may cut some access and start inspecting then go from there.
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    I suspect the transom is solid. I replaced some electronics a couple years ago and the drilled holes were coming out with dry wood. More so I went from a rubber plug to a garboard drain 3 years ago and probed around the wood behind the old brass sleeve and that was all solid too. So for now I...
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    Advice on a 4 winns restoration

    Good evening all. I've been on this forum in the past (lost the email and account access from a breach years ago so I am using this new one) and have long been contemplating this. To put it in perspective, I was a young young boy and frisco boaters posts on his two project boats at the time were...
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