HI There,
I have never posted in here before, but I need some help & advice. I have a 1987 stratos 181P bass boat that is in need of a little help. Most of the boat is casting decks that are fiberglass, but in the console area there is a wood floor with a drain in it. The floor is soft around the drain, I suppose it is best to replace the whole floor?
Problem 2 transom has some flex in it & a couple cracks at the top across the cap & looks like the transom cap had been cut off & replaced at some point, & the wood is wet, Here I was thinking about using the seacast product to repair the transom, what do you think?
I have never had any water in the bottom of the boa, it has always dry in the couple years I have owned it, but I wonder if the foam is wet from previous neglet. I don't know where the foan is there is none down the middle where I can see. With all the strorage & livewell compartments it is almost impossible to see anything. Also it looks as though some of the fiberglass in the back by the stringers is letting go, cause it looks funny like it did not have enough resin on it and it possibly is seperating.
I have used fiberglass many times in the past, on some other minor boat projects but no expert by any means & I don't know what kind off materials, cloth, etc they use for structural type applications. Should the whole top/cap come off this boat, will it come off?
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Lance
I have never posted in here before, but I need some help & advice. I have a 1987 stratos 181P bass boat that is in need of a little help. Most of the boat is casting decks that are fiberglass, but in the console area there is a wood floor with a drain in it. The floor is soft around the drain, I suppose it is best to replace the whole floor?
Problem 2 transom has some flex in it & a couple cracks at the top across the cap & looks like the transom cap had been cut off & replaced at some point, & the wood is wet, Here I was thinking about using the seacast product to repair the transom, what do you think?
I have never had any water in the bottom of the boa, it has always dry in the couple years I have owned it, but I wonder if the foam is wet from previous neglet. I don't know where the foan is there is none down the middle where I can see. With all the strorage & livewell compartments it is almost impossible to see anything. Also it looks as though some of the fiberglass in the back by the stringers is letting go, cause it looks funny like it did not have enough resin on it and it possibly is seperating.
I have used fiberglass many times in the past, on some other minor boat projects but no expert by any means & I don't know what kind off materials, cloth, etc they use for structural type applications. Should the whole top/cap come off this boat, will it come off?
Any help would be great.
Thanks,
Lance
