Stringer Job
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
Forum Name: Boat Maintenance
Forum Discription: Discuss maintenance of your Correct Craft
URL: http://www.CorrectCraftFan.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30455
Printed Date: November-18-2024 at 6:40am
Topic: Stringer Job
Posted By: Jaxboater
Subject: Stringer Job
Date Posted: June-26-2013 at 3:02pm
Good afternoon all, i got my boat up and running like a champ now.... then i noticed behind my engine there are two "stringers/ boards going left and right" that the fiberglass covering is coming off and i can see a little bit of the wood. Does anyone know how much this would normally cost to repair? i have been reading all of the Stringer replacement conversations and it seems so complicated i thought id ask how much it would cost to have someone repair them.
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JaxNole
1979 Tique
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: June-26-2013 at 3:54pm
Jax - To have someone do a decent job would be $4000+.
Essentially, economics suggest either do the repair yourself or use the boat 'as is' until it is no longer seawortthy & then part it out.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Ben Franklin
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Posted By: ny_nautique
Date Posted: June-26-2013 at 4:06pm
It sounds like you're talking about the crossbar that spans the main stringers. This is used to support the rear removable floor. However, I didn't think there were 2 of them in a 79.
If they are coming off, it is likely you have delamination somewhere else.
Can you post pictures?
It should be easy to repair yourself. How handy are you?
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- Jeff
1999 Ski Nautique
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Posted By: Jaxboater
Date Posted: June-29-2013 at 1:41am
Well guys I have received a lot of great advice here and have the boat running awesome. It was willed to me by a friend who had it in a storage unit for like 20 years.
I am handy but am a little nervous cutting, and sanding into the boat...
Here is what I found.
Behind the engine block, the supports that run left and right. "not stringers but what comes off them". had the coating coming off, so I took a peak behind the coating to see whats up and found some rotten wood. I have been all over the net reading about these and it seems do-able for me but I wanted some good insight or advise how to do it.
I am going to take pics Saturday- don't know how to post them but will try.
I really do not want to sell it after all I have done to the boat and how it was willed to me, but if its going to cost me $$$$ I would actually consider selling . which im trying to avoid.
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JaxNole
1979 Tique
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Posted By: SNobsessed
Date Posted: June-29-2013 at 9:37am
If you can cut wood & paint with a brush, you have the skills needed to do this.
Referencing my earlier post, you can have someone repair that single spot for a few hundred, but most likely the rot goes deeper.
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
Ben Franklin
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