Bought the stringers All, Thank you for your help. I went and bought solid Douglas Fir 1x 12" 's for the stringers. Still working on...
All, These pictures are a bit dated, but you can see where I started to take the deck off. The stingers in the bow were solid, but everything in...
PAR - Thanks for the advice. Wood has won the day. Not as sexy, but then again, there really isn't much that is sexy in the bilge. I will...
zerogara - Thanks for the input. The boat is a 1994, so it's at least lasted 16 yrs. it probably could have gone a couple more, but the wood...
Thanks, MIA. I will be asking questions, for sure. I will check out the PAR posts. Still haven't decided.
Richard, Thank you for the post. You make a solid case for wood. While I'm still on the fence regarding the wood vs foam (still need to do...
Petros, Thank you. I'll take a look at some solid wood core vise the closed cell foam. I appreciate the comments. One question, I...
I have just removed the deck and stringers from an old Avon Searider, which was a good thing, as I found rot throughout the stringers and deck,...