project pictures

Here's some more pics of the project so far. I have removed both stringers and cleaned the hull up with a grinder. The old stringers came out in one peice so they should make a pretty good template. I used the grinder to remove all the old foam and excess epoxy. Does anyone know what else I should do to the hull to prep it so that the new glass will bond to it? Has anyone else on the site had to do such a major stringer repair to a 90's boat? I am wondering if there is this much damage from day to day use or if this boat was swamped from a ruptured ballast bag. If anyone is interested I found a supplier of kiln dried hardwood in Ft. Myers. The owner tells me that his fir will not rot and does not need to be treated with cpes. I probably will still use it though.





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newoldboat wrote: The owner tells me that his fir will not rot and does not need to be treated with cpes.

I should've gotten my lumber from him.

I went to that lumber store. The guy had alot of nice stuff. He has wood called purple heart that feels as hard as steel. I don't imagine a saw would even cut this stuff. He says they used to use it on slave ships and it lasts hundreds of years. The purple heart was overkill especially at $15 per board foot. I ended up getting kiln dried clear cypress. I am still going to cpes the wood so it lasts.