I was working on the wiring of my boat yesterday - got that all done. I looked down and noticed the carpet was ripped by the port rear facing chair. On closer inspection I found a soft spot that I had not noticed before. On checking further it was a bad rot right through the deck. Started digging around and found a much larger spot of rot on the floor. Pulled the carpet out and cut out the section of deck. Found wet foam underneath the wood. Some one in the boats past had installed a rear enclosure that had snaps and clips on the floor. Those had allowed water through the wood and into the foam underneath. Not sure how long it had been collecting but their was a good bit in there. So that was the bad. After digging out most of the foam - man that stuff is still tough even when wet I was able to determine that the stringer on that side was completely encased and still looked solid that was the good. The ugly is now I have a big hole in the floor/deck. I'm heading out on vacation in a week so for now it will get a temp covering of plywood. I think I'll end up having to rip up the whole aft deck area. The Transom is showing a little crazing of the gell coat at some of the stress points so after the trip I will be drilling for cores just to make sure the transom isn't headed for the same place. Does anyone know how the cap is secured to the transom? There doesn't seem to be any sort of parting line between the two. Seems like the transom and splash well are all one piece. Also has anyone done a transom on my era bayliner cuddy? Seems like the transom is not flat except for the portion in the middle otherwise it angles forward on both sides. This looks like an it would be hard to have a single piece of ply go all the way across the back of the boat? Any feedback to solve my curiosity and hopefully ease my mind if I end up having to do the transom? I know that I'm going to rip out all the foam and I'll glass both sides of the deck when I get to it. Probably replease the whole foam box arrangements for the seats as there is pretty limited storage as it is. Hopefully I wont' have to go into the restoration projects section but if I do I will be in good company.
Thanks
Renny
Thanks
Renny
