Hi Guys,
i need some help with my flybridge bayliner. i bought if from a breast cancer auction fund raiser and didnt really get to do a full inspection on her until after i won. I had noticed the floor was soft when you walk into the kitchen by the main hatch so after doing some investigation i found the caulk around the rear door and kitchen window had failed allowing water in directly behind the stairs. This boat had been in storage in ventura, ca out doors for like 10 years, so you can imagine when i pulled up the carpet i had some wood rot and some plywood delamentation. I have removed the entire interor, kitchen, helm, sleeping quaters, head etc and have started removing decking. When i fixed up my 20 foot bayliner ski boat i had no rot and just sealed the floor and put down carpeting. But on this all the floor has to come up as the rot had spread into the boat twords the nose and some years ago a termite was snacking on the deck. As i pull up the floor i noticed the flooring itself is not secured to the "floor joists" but instead floats on top with fiberglass at the joints where the flooring meets as well as where the flooring meets the hull. Is this normal? On my ski boat they screwed the decking down and fiberglassed over it. So thats the first question, second is in regards to floation foam ,mine is dry all the way through and isnt breaking up but my, "floor joists"for lack of the proper word, are a little loose and one appears to be cracked slightly. Would it make sense to replace this foam and be able to secure these joists or just screw the new floor into the joists to tighten them up? from what i see so far floation foam is expensive on iboats .com and says it only does like 1 square foot for $100.00, yikes.
i need some help with my flybridge bayliner. i bought if from a breast cancer auction fund raiser and didnt really get to do a full inspection on her until after i won. I had noticed the floor was soft when you walk into the kitchen by the main hatch so after doing some investigation i found the caulk around the rear door and kitchen window had failed allowing water in directly behind the stairs. This boat had been in storage in ventura, ca out doors for like 10 years, so you can imagine when i pulled up the carpet i had some wood rot and some plywood delamentation. I have removed the entire interor, kitchen, helm, sleeping quaters, head etc and have started removing decking. When i fixed up my 20 foot bayliner ski boat i had no rot and just sealed the floor and put down carpeting. But on this all the floor has to come up as the rot had spread into the boat twords the nose and some years ago a termite was snacking on the deck. As i pull up the floor i noticed the flooring itself is not secured to the "floor joists" but instead floats on top with fiberglass at the joints where the flooring meets as well as where the flooring meets the hull. Is this normal? On my ski boat they screwed the decking down and fiberglassed over it. So thats the first question, second is in regards to floation foam ,mine is dry all the way through and isnt breaking up but my, "floor joists"for lack of the proper word, are a little loose and one appears to be cracked slightly. Would it make sense to replace this foam and be able to secure these joists or just screw the new floor into the joists to tighten them up? from what i see so far floation foam is expensive on iboats .com and says it only does like 1 square foot for $100.00, yikes.
