Back when acquired, our '84 had small but noticeable cracks in the cockpit floor, all forward about 12-18" aft of the companionway. Soothsayer Gene cautioned at that time that floor replacement may be in order. Fast forward 4 years, when stepped on I hear some "crackling" under foot, not terribly soft but the core is obviously been compromised. So what to do?
As many are aware <86 models had the stupid design where the floor slopes forward with PITA drains (and related plumbing below) right at the companionway. Thinking the extreme/ultimate solution is to cut out the entire floor from top, replace the core, glass over and in the process change the slope to aft (where I've already added scuppers in the transom to do the draining), and eliminate the troublesome forward scuppers and plumbing altogether in the process.
So, how to do this? Anyone done this? Cut out he floor & core, glass in longitudinal tapered stringers to alter the slope to aft & cover with marine plywood (or Coosa), then glass over, finish with antiskid paint?
What would you do, and how would you go about it?
(of course, the quick eze way out is to grind out the cracks, epoxy/paint and live with it for now, which would stop the bleeding)....
Thoughts?
As many are aware <86 models had the stupid design where the floor slopes forward with PITA drains (and related plumbing below) right at the companionway. Thinking the extreme/ultimate solution is to cut out the entire floor from top, replace the core, glass over and in the process change the slope to aft (where I've already added scuppers in the transom to do the draining), and eliminate the troublesome forward scuppers and plumbing altogether in the process.
So, how to do this? Anyone done this? Cut out he floor & core, glass in longitudinal tapered stringers to alter the slope to aft & cover with marine plywood (or Coosa), then glass over, finish with antiskid paint?
What would you do, and how would you go about it?
(of course, the quick eze way out is to grind out the cracks, epoxy/paint and live with it for now, which would stop the bleeding)....
Thoughts?
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