I'm going to try this again.
In the middle of a total cut & gut.
All foam was waterlogged, had carpenter ants tunnel in foam all through soaked gunnel.
So In an attempt to remove and replace ALL foam everywhere, the lid or cap needs to come off.
I have been "slowly" nipping away at trying to lift cap. excavator lifting boat off trailer by cleats with 0 progress.
Cut 4" hole in top of gunnel under tread teak wood, and made a long bit to chew through foam from top to bottom diagonally at a width of 4-6 feet.(to waeken foam)
the cap is solid locked down with 0 budging especially at the corner of the transom and bait box.
So took demo in a different direction, I cut the parameter of the floor about an 1-1-1/2" from gunnel to gain access to underside to try and see what was locking cap down so tite.
Lifting the whole section of floor also again lifted boat off trailer as foam seemed to be a major culprit in this adhesion.
Now I have resorted to stabbing a hand saw up from the bottom on gunnel to top of cap.
Now let me back up here a little bit...
When I cut that 4" hole at teak step plate. there was a 3/4" piece of plywood backside of baitbox that looks like support for box and it appeared to head back toward transom. The transom, danget is mush. And I prefer to again have this lid/cap out of the way to access trans to do all other repairs and build back.
I don't see this plywood tying to anything significant again as everything is 51yrs old and mush/rotted.
Am I missing something here. is it just the foam holding cap/lid to the hull.?
Or is there some fusing with glass out of sight out of mind for structural integrity.
I have also placed a board under baitbox and spanned across the hull(across all stringers) to displace pressure and put another board to pry up against box, to point of gently flexing bottom of hull and had another guy prying up on lid at cleat, (now with crow bars.. And I'm using 4foot bar)both of us and the bait box,lid, cap gives absolutely NONE. The bottom of hull flexes down and the lid/box just stays right in place. (yes rub rail is removed)
This boat is just solid still in less than perfect conditions.
Hats off to Mako back in the day for build techniques early on.
Any words of wisdom welcomed.
I am going to get this 1 way or another.
MAYBE... by some input from here.
I just don't want to cut and hack everything to obtain disassembly. I would like to have most major components intact. or as much as possible...
Thanks in advance.
In the middle of a total cut & gut.
All foam was waterlogged, had carpenter ants tunnel in foam all through soaked gunnel.
So In an attempt to remove and replace ALL foam everywhere, the lid or cap needs to come off.
I have been "slowly" nipping away at trying to lift cap. excavator lifting boat off trailer by cleats with 0 progress.
Cut 4" hole in top of gunnel under tread teak wood, and made a long bit to chew through foam from top to bottom diagonally at a width of 4-6 feet.(to waeken foam)
the cap is solid locked down with 0 budging especially at the corner of the transom and bait box.
So took demo in a different direction, I cut the parameter of the floor about an 1-1-1/2" from gunnel to gain access to underside to try and see what was locking cap down so tite.
Lifting the whole section of floor also again lifted boat off trailer as foam seemed to be a major culprit in this adhesion.
Now I have resorted to stabbing a hand saw up from the bottom on gunnel to top of cap.
Now let me back up here a little bit...
When I cut that 4" hole at teak step plate. there was a 3/4" piece of plywood backside of baitbox that looks like support for box and it appeared to head back toward transom. The transom, danget is mush. And I prefer to again have this lid/cap out of the way to access trans to do all other repairs and build back.
I don't see this plywood tying to anything significant again as everything is 51yrs old and mush/rotted.
Am I missing something here. is it just the foam holding cap/lid to the hull.?
Or is there some fusing with glass out of sight out of mind for structural integrity.
I have also placed a board under baitbox and spanned across the hull(across all stringers) to displace pressure and put another board to pry up against box, to point of gently flexing bottom of hull and had another guy prying up on lid at cleat, (now with crow bars.. And I'm using 4foot bar)both of us and the bait box,lid, cap gives absolutely NONE. The bottom of hull flexes down and the lid/box just stays right in place. (yes rub rail is removed)
This boat is just solid still in less than perfect conditions.
Hats off to Mako back in the day for build techniques early on.
Any words of wisdom welcomed.
I am going to get this 1 way or another.
MAYBE... by some input from here.
I just don't want to cut and hack everything to obtain disassembly. I would like to have most major components intact. or as much as possible...
Thanks in advance.
Comment