Re: 1982 Sea Ray Ski Storage
Hey Again Fellas!
Okay, I have searched and searched and searched and could not find anything as to the order in which to replace these stringers and transom. As mentioned before, I do not have the room to remove the boat from the trailer, so I am hoping that I can do this whole procedure without removing the boat from the trialer and put all kinds of special bracing on it. So if someone could please chime in with some experience!!!! It would be greatly appreciated.
Also, this being a small boat, 16.5 ft. total overall length from bow to stern without the outdrive, I am looking at putting storage under the deck. Anyone have experience with this? Should I just make plywood boxes and wrap them in glass and glass them into the deck? This would be a tremendous help! As this is a closed bow boat as well!
One more thing before I begin this prcess of putting things back, when I removed the decking before, I looked at how it was put in and it actually has glass running from the underside of the deck to the top of this stringer and NOT glass running from the bottom of the stringer to the hull of the boat!!! Almost as if the glassed the deck to the top of the stringer BEFORE putting it in the boat??!?!? This is normal? I would think that the strength should come from the stringer to the hull. Thus glassing in the stringer on both sides to the hull. BUT how to attach the stringer to the deck then? This is the procedure that makes me scratch my head!!!!! I know this post is long, and I apologize, but any help is appreciated!
