Well. still working on the house project. As far as the boat, I need to get the engine off and a did run the jack plate up and it worked well. Plan to flip the boat and build good dolly to support the bottom before ripping out the floor. It's going to be a while yet but the warm weather will be a go...

Thanks for the info. I have one of those so I'll be sure to use it. I was just looking at the boat again today and I can see a gelcoat crack along the center pad in the rear 2/3rds of the boat. It's on the side of the pad on the vertical surface. I knew this going in so I am also looking forward to ...

Making good progress. I am going to redo my Valero YT bowrider and was wondering how the upper deck was joined to the floor in the bow section. Haven't taken out the carpet yet but it looks a lot like yours. Was it glassed or glued or both?

Thanks dehydrated. I read through the Valero recore threads and it seems like I have my hands full. Looks like the pad area will definitely need the rebuild. Need to look and start figuring how to do the core area in the walk through section and get the floor up. I need to take the sawzall to it and...

Well I finally bit the bullet and purchased a used stream. It's an 87 model and it has a hole in the bottom from the previous owner. I knew that going in so I think will just recore the bottom before it hits the water with me in it. I haven't had much time to climb through it but he previous owner's...