help with small weak spot

[mopower440]

I bought a 1986 bayliner capri 1950 back in 2013. It had a small weak spot in the floor about 1 foot by 1 foot square right in front of the right side rear seat. I noticed this year its gotten weaker in just that one spot. What can I do to be sure no one steps through at that spot? I cant get it professionally fixed right now.
Thanks

 

[shrew]

What can I do to be sure no one steps through at that spot?

You can ask people not to step there. Good luck enforcing it. You can throw a piece of PT plywood over it, which will look AWESOME!!! Or you can try to fix it yourself. These problems can become nightmares the more you open them up. Sometimes it's isolated to the deck. Depending on how long water has been intruding, it could have spread further, such as to the stringers and transom.

 

[ondarvr]

The soft spot in the floor is typically just the tip of the iceberg, start reading other threads on "soft spot" and similar things, you'll find a month or so of reading.

 

[SDSeville]

My restoration started with a small soft spot.

 

[MH Hawker]

about the only thing you can do for perhaps a 1 season fix is to place a piece of aluminum sheet over the spot, it will get worst fast, and like the others said you have a major problem

 

[robert graham]

Yep, the 1/8 inch aluminum plate over the soft spot....glue it down with silicone rubber so it won't slide around.....end of summer better get down in there and fix it right...

 

[mopower440]

Yep, the 1/8 inch aluminum plate over the soft spot....glue it down with silicone rubber so it won't slide around.....end of summer better get down in there and fix it right...

how do you fix it right?

 

[SkaterRace]

Well you take the deck, stringers, and transom out then rebuild from there to make it sound simple.

 

[mopower440]

wow, so in other words, my boat is junkyard bound...because i am not capable of rebuilding the entire inside and know i couldnt afford for someone else to do it..This sucks!

 

[NYBo]

Don't jump to conclusions. If you can work a circular and other basic power tools, you can do the job. And it IS possible that only the deck is involved- I had the same issue with my boat and only had to replace parts of the deck.