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Seaman
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Re: transom and floor replacement
Wow, so glad I found this thread.
I just acquired a 1986 Larson 175 OB, and it has a soft floor near the fuel tank access and the ski pole.
My main concern is the stringers, however seeing that your stringers survived gives me a glimmer of hope. I plan on doing exactly as you did, patching the soft spot for this up coming summer and replacing any rotted stuff this coming fall. But, I won't repaint my boat, my garage and wife won't allow it!
I have a few comments/ideas/questions:
1. Regarding the transom: I saw you used Seacast. I had an idea, what if someone who need a transom replaced used plywood as usual, but bored large holes around every area that bolts/drains/hardware penetrate the transom, and filled those large holes with Seacast to make a composite transom that would resist rot, but would be mostly a traditional type plywood install? Reason I ask, if I have a good transom, I would like to modify the areas where hardware/drain passes through. My idea would be a depth limited hole saw that could hog out the plywood around each hole, and back-filled with Seacast and re-drilled. Basically to buy more time for the transom. Of course, this is only if my transom is OK.
2.Speaking of transom, I did bang on my transom with a wrench tonight, around the drain hole and other bits, and it sounded like hitting concrete, it sounds real solid. Would a rotted transom sound different? Just curious if this is a reasonable way to detect advanced rot.
3. Whats the process involved for removing the "cap"? Is it glassed on? Or just hardware?
4. My fuel tank is in the floor, and it has an access cover. Is that normal? It rotted, as it almost looks like someone added the access door at a later time? Is that how Larson usually installs their gas tank? I'd like to seriously beef up this area next time around as the rot basically started here, I don't think the plywood was ever protected.
Thanks for posting your work, I am now subscribed and looking forward to your outcome!
-Jason
Wow, so glad I found this thread.
I just acquired a 1986 Larson 175 OB, and it has a soft floor near the fuel tank access and the ski pole.
My main concern is the stringers, however seeing that your stringers survived gives me a glimmer of hope. I plan on doing exactly as you did, patching the soft spot for this up coming summer and replacing any rotted stuff this coming fall. But, I won't repaint my boat, my garage and wife won't allow it!
I have a few comments/ideas/questions:
1. Regarding the transom: I saw you used Seacast. I had an idea, what if someone who need a transom replaced used plywood as usual, but bored large holes around every area that bolts/drains/hardware penetrate the transom, and filled those large holes with Seacast to make a composite transom that would resist rot, but would be mostly a traditional type plywood install? Reason I ask, if I have a good transom, I would like to modify the areas where hardware/drain passes through. My idea would be a depth limited hole saw that could hog out the plywood around each hole, and back-filled with Seacast and re-drilled. Basically to buy more time for the transom. Of course, this is only if my transom is OK.
2.Speaking of transom, I did bang on my transom with a wrench tonight, around the drain hole and other bits, and it sounded like hitting concrete, it sounds real solid. Would a rotted transom sound different? Just curious if this is a reasonable way to detect advanced rot.
3. Whats the process involved for removing the "cap"? Is it glassed on? Or just hardware?
4. My fuel tank is in the floor, and it has an access cover. Is that normal? It rotted, as it almost looks like someone added the access door at a later time? Is that how Larson usually installs their gas tank? I'd like to seriously beef up this area next time around as the rot basically started here, I don't think the plywood was ever protected.
Thanks for posting your work, I am now subscribed and looking forward to your outcome!
-Jason
