Fzy1
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2011
- Messages
- 22
Where do I start?
Neighbor came to my door and asked if my brothers were still interested in his boat.
Arrow Glass Cougar, with 1979 70HP Mercury, and trailer. Price 250 dollars.
I said screw my brothers I want it at that price. We proceeded to move over to my yard. I began to look it over. It was dirty as can be so my nephew, and niece began to clean.
Today I removed the seats,
One seat needed the bolts ground off. It was not close to the centerline at all. It looks to have had a hole drilled down into the stringer for the base approximately one inch in diameter. In the hole was mush. I then removed the captains chair and passenger chair. Once I had them out of the way. I removed the plywood sheeting that was screwed down into the deck.
This is what I found:
The more I pulled, and cut the uglier it got.
Now I am at a crossroads. do I remove the guts;(foam, stringers rest of the plywood) or do I strip it sell off everything and look for a another boat.
Do the gutting and slab some wood alongside the stringer to reinforce them?
What about using composite material instead of fiber glassed wood?
If I do the area between the hull and the deck. What about epoxying a sheet or 4 of PT plywood and then paint them with Herculiner?
Money is an issue. So it will take time to do it all. Currently unemployed so I have time. But no garage so everything will be outside in the weather. I do have a tarp big enough to cover it.
The Engine needs a water pump, the hydraulics are disconnected and the motor for the lift may be bad.
Neighbor came to my door and asked if my brothers were still interested in his boat.
Arrow Glass Cougar, with 1979 70HP Mercury, and trailer. Price 250 dollars.
I said screw my brothers I want it at that price. We proceeded to move over to my yard. I began to look it over. It was dirty as can be so my nephew, and niece began to clean.
Today I removed the seats,
One seat needed the bolts ground off. It was not close to the centerline at all. It looks to have had a hole drilled down into the stringer for the base approximately one inch in diameter. In the hole was mush. I then removed the captains chair and passenger chair. Once I had them out of the way. I removed the plywood sheeting that was screwed down into the deck.
This is what I found:
The more I pulled, and cut the uglier it got.
Now I am at a crossroads. do I remove the guts;(foam, stringers rest of the plywood) or do I strip it sell off everything and look for a another boat.
Do the gutting and slab some wood alongside the stringer to reinforce them?
What about using composite material instead of fiber glassed wood?
If I do the area between the hull and the deck. What about epoxying a sheet or 4 of PT plywood and then paint them with Herculiner?
Money is an issue. So it will take time to do it all. Currently unemployed so I have time. But no garage so everything will be outside in the weather. I do have a tarp big enough to cover it.
The Engine needs a water pump, the hydraulics are disconnected and the motor for the lift may be bad.
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