Stringer To Replace Or Not To

[shipwreck]

I Have A Second Boat , It Is An 1969 Elgin 16 Ft Fiberglass With 650 Mercury 65 Hp.
The Floor Went Over The Winter And The Sole (floor) Cracked Open. I Spent A Couple Of Hours Today Trying To Remove The Floor I Got A Good Bit Of It Up. The Stringers Where Wet ( Heck Everything Was Water Logged) But Stringers Where Solid Just Wet -the Fiberglass Around Is Gone. Should I Replace The Stringers Or Just Reglass. note i have seen a few boat on here put foam under the floor, mean has no foam an where.
what should i do foam or no foam? what kind of foam ?

Also What Is Good Tool To Use In Tight Area Of The Boat Where The Floor Meets The Bottom Of The Boat for removal of the floor?

Dose Any Have A Inexpensive Way To Reglass And Do The Floor?
Will Auto Body Fiberglass Work To Reglass / With Mat ?

I Am Going To Use 1/2 In Outdoor Plywood For The Floor.
I Just Got Book For West Marine On This Stuff It Wasn't Very Informative.

Any Help, Any Way To Save On Fiberglass Materials Would Be Cool Too.

Thanks

 

[mtnrat]

Re: Stringer To Replace Or Not To

I would replace them.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: Stringer To Replace Or Not To

what the heck are the pictures?

 

[bruceb58]

Re: Stringer To Replace Or Not To

Looks like a project boat.

 

[shipwreck]

Re: Stringer To Replace Or Not To

sorry about pic, they are from a hurricane off the cost
any way

 

[Manipulator]

Re: Stringer To Replace Or Not To

Since you're going to all the trouble you midis well do it right, yank the old wood and go with new. That is what I would do, too tough to make changes when shes all together.