reply to bildge stringer
Tamara, i had found that over the years that one owner had screwed something to the stringer leaving two holes so water had found its way in. i found many deck leaks, the windows had what i call rope caulk the style that you find at rv stores that is on a spool and a air gap between the hull liner and the house,i filled that in with sikaflex and re bedded the windows. the repair took about 40/60 hours be prepared to pull every thing off the boat before you start (dust every ware ) i cut the sole pan at the base with a cut off disc in the main sole then i cut the flattest part of the sole between the seats table area. when i installed the new sole i tapered the plywood to the rise of the hull. i also added 3 4" deck plates to inspect the hull. you will lose about 2" of head room when you are done but boy is nice not to step on a wet sounding sole unfortunately i did not take any pitchers of this repair thanks don
