81 Barefoot stem to stern

I thought I would start another post on the 81 BFN restoration. The difference in this boat and the 81 Ski Nautique is that the gel coat and graphics are okay on the BFN. So, I am only going to replace the stringers, deck and power plant. I will also do cables, wiring harness and what ever else is required. I cut the top off of Pandora's box today and found what I expected, except the fir strips on the port side of the deck were not rotten. This boat was exposed to salt and as a result the hardware for the lifting rings are toast and I have yet to get the pylon to lift off it's mount. Have I ever mentioned I hate the smell of ground fiberglass.
bj

BJ,

Keep all those gory pictures coming. It will help us all. BTW, I can't smell any of that fiberglass here in KC.

Chuck

Hollywood wrote: I hate snaps, funny you find them on a lot of tubing boats...

It must be something in the water they drink!!

Pete would this type of improvement be acceptable even though it is not original?

HW, it has 1 main stringer and filled with heavy structural foam to get the width over to the plywood, then glassed over, they had the extra width to accomadate for the big bad chevy power, Im having flashbacks.
Hasbeen, start digging and you should only see one stringer, i dont know how to bring up the pictures but i believe they are under "foam removal"

Hollywood, your red pointer is a single main stringer with a channel next to it for foam, this is where the extra width comes for the BBC, they use plywood for the uprights, if you find the foam removal topic you will see more clear, next to the ply they use the firring strips and foam, nothing realy structural except for some plwood stringers to support the floor

Gotta agree with the Marine. Think I'll have plenty of time to get over there and see this one in person.

john

I didnt delete??? i'll look and see if i have any of them