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Well, this spring it was time to cut out some floor to check the core and hope for the best. Ha, I knew it! Found someone had replaced the core from the transom to behind the front seats with plywood. The rest of the bulsa core was wet and rotten.

You can see where the plywood ends and all the holy chop gun stuff starts



This bulsa was VERY easy to get out. Way up in the bow there was some intact but wet and hard to remove.


Here you can see a bandaid to the stringers. To the right, they buddied up wood to the rotten stringers and put a cap on them.


This poor boat!


A little itchy elbow grease

The worst of it was all the resin where the plywood was. It took a lot of time to get it to the chop. Real tough in the stringer area to get the pad area chean. Floor register wasnt too bad.


Next step, under the bow, fun. Once I get that done I guess I can start going the other way! I still have some things to figure out like the stringers on top of the core or bonded to the bottom. I'll figure it out! I'll keep it updated

Rick.

Very nice! Keep up the good work, I just finished grinding and man did it suck

Man lookin good I get the Itch now and then to buy a Fixer upper...would love to have a Vking again.....Maybe do the center steer thing...viper maybe...But all them pics make me think maybe not.....I have no clue WTF Im doing

Looking good. Keep the pictures coming for sure.

king gill wrote:I have no clue WTF Im doing

That makes two of us.

Guess I will learn when it comes time. Boy am I going to have a ton of questions so I dont mess things up.

Need to ad that all the wood (core, ply and floor) were all soaked and very heavy. I bet the thing will float an inch higher and gain top end. May need more prop. was tapin 6800+ on the tach. The 2 liters can handle that but I don't want it hittin 7000. Wont break it, just wear it out.
Rick.

Maple Leaf wrote:Very nice! Keep up the good work, I just finished grinding and man did it suck

Dude, move your post over here! Need more pics also and see progress

king gill wrote:Man lookin good I get the Itch now and then to buy a Fixer upper...would love to have a Vking again.....Maybe do the center steer thing...viper maybe...But all them pics make me think maybe not.....I have no clue WTF Im doing

Like my buddy Gelcoat Joe says, "it ain't rocket science"


.........and give me back my scrolling sig pic!!!

ccrick wrote:
Dude, move your post over here! Need more pics also and see progress

I did! Take a look here my friend, Pics and info added

http://www.hydrostreamforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=15&p=384#p384

Looks good I started mine this winter, man I had no idea what I was in for with the core I had done a floor in one boat and a transome in another and now this. I guess I will never learn.

Got another couple of feet done under the bow today after work. Man what a btch it is under there. Such a long bow on the vikings.The core goes way the f*&^% up there. Good thing is, NOT MUCH MORE GRINDING! Should start adding parts this weekend!
Maybe more pics tomorrow, Rick