I have a thread going on another forum, but thought I would try it here as well. I have a 18' 1967 sea coaster or lancer(unsure which) that is new to me. Once I got the floors up I discovered a ton of problems. Basically every frame is rotten(cracked/spongy) in the bilge area, the keelson is questionable, the keelson sisters are in bad shape, and it has about a 3/16" hook around 1.5' forward of the transom. See the pics below..
This is the keelson I scraped with a putty knife to see how far down it went.
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Broken sister keelson
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Epoxy experiment I tried on one of the frames, this was after I took the scraper and mallet to it
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Section of framing I dug out to see what the plank looked like, looks good to me.
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Does the transom look ok?
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Here too?
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Rotten stringer
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Whole transom, look ok?
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My goal is to get something in the water by THIS spring. Steaming new frames looks to be the obvious answer, but I've never done it and I'll be working alone. I could sister the frames in the bilge area, and/or scarf. And as I said in the other forum, I'll make the whole bilge a piece of plastic with epoxy if I have to. Again, goal is to have something in the water by spring, and I couldn't imagine my ownership of the boat lasting over 5 years max.
There is a 19' offshore for sale locally, I like it alot but someone has already gone epoxy crazy in the bilge. I don't know whats under there, but at the same time does it really matter if I wouldn't keep something over 5 years? I'm going again to check it for a hook, I didn't check the first time. The Thompson in the pics came with an awesome trailer and good 115hp evinrude, the offshore doesn't have a motor.
Any input would be great here...
I have a 16' plywood boat that needs the outer keel resealed, but it's too small and I can't ski behind it, which is something I want to do. Also, the plywood boat is a lake boat, I need to be able to go from large lake to saltwater inlet(I think it's 1200' deep in the middle
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