Today was just one of those days...
Decided I could not go through another season of soggy feet so I pulled up the carpet to prep for laying vinyl... and yep... do I need to even really explain the rest??
I swear, I wanna just slap the person up-da-back-o-da-head who decided to put carpet in a Cuddy style boat. I have a 21' Santiago. It's bad enough that the majority of wear and water issues have happened while it's on land, but this was just ridiculous... but there is good news..
I'll post pictures later but on the starboard side, the side with the swim step the floor under the carpet was totally rotted. It wasn't obvious (not bounce in the floor) because there is a brace that runs right were you normally stand, and you don't really "stand" in the spot anyway... But essentially on the that side of the engine is a seat with the batteries in it... on that whole side for about 2' x 4' running fore and aft... there was no floor left.
The good news is that I pulled all the rotted wood and much to my surprise found the pumped-in style floatation foam, most of which was soggy.
After removing the soggy foam... finding standing water in the bottom, I realized the good news was that the stringers and all structural parts were intact. No water damage. So job well done to Bayliner.
There are still a couple of small area's to check, nooks and crannies as I'm still getting foam out, but so far it looks good and just needs to dry out, add new foam, put down a piece of wood and coat it, lay it in... glass it up...
The hardest part is getting that darn foam out. I called a friend who worked at Bayliner... well, he kinda ran the engineering shop.. anyway.. He said the original stuff was a 3-part mix they pumped in there. It does seem to adhere to the hull somewhat, and there really isnt anyway to get any tools in there, to it's just a messy tedious job that's taking way longer than it will take to replace the floor itself.
I'll post pictures later... thanks for letting me rant... This damage is 100% because of the carpet. Here in the Pacific Northwest while it really doesn't rain all that much, and the boat has a full top, when something outside gets wet, it stays wet... but I guess I'm preaching to the choir.
-Miles
Decided I could not go through another season of soggy feet so I pulled up the carpet to prep for laying vinyl... and yep... do I need to even really explain the rest??
I swear, I wanna just slap the person up-da-back-o-da-head who decided to put carpet in a Cuddy style boat. I have a 21' Santiago. It's bad enough that the majority of wear and water issues have happened while it's on land, but this was just ridiculous... but there is good news..
I'll post pictures later but on the starboard side, the side with the swim step the floor under the carpet was totally rotted. It wasn't obvious (not bounce in the floor) because there is a brace that runs right were you normally stand, and you don't really "stand" in the spot anyway... But essentially on the that side of the engine is a seat with the batteries in it... on that whole side for about 2' x 4' running fore and aft... there was no floor left.
The good news is that I pulled all the rotted wood and much to my surprise found the pumped-in style floatation foam, most of which was soggy.
After removing the soggy foam... finding standing water in the bottom, I realized the good news was that the stringers and all structural parts were intact. No water damage. So job well done to Bayliner.
There are still a couple of small area's to check, nooks and crannies as I'm still getting foam out, but so far it looks good and just needs to dry out, add new foam, put down a piece of wood and coat it, lay it in... glass it up...
The hardest part is getting that darn foam out. I called a friend who worked at Bayliner... well, he kinda ran the engineering shop.. anyway.. He said the original stuff was a 3-part mix they pumped in there. It does seem to adhere to the hull somewhat, and there really isnt anyway to get any tools in there, to it's just a messy tedious job that's taking way longer than it will take to replace the floor itself.
I'll post pictures later... thanks for letting me rant... This damage is 100% because of the carpet. Here in the Pacific Northwest while it really doesn't rain all that much, and the boat has a full top, when something outside gets wet, it stays wet... but I guess I'm preaching to the choir.
-Miles
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