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Old 04-12-2015, 03:17 PM
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Helping a friend of mine buy his first boat. Looked at a 2005 18 Dauntless. The flex in the center section of the floor directly behind the leaning post was significant. He is getting a survey done, but I wanted to check and see if this might be a known issue. I was shocked when we got on board. It appears the entire center section of the floor can be removed with screws to gain access to the fuel tank.
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I havea boston waler. I love it .
had to do floor work as well .
mine is completely filled with foam
hard to work around it.
if it s cheap enuf ,is the thing
it will never sink.
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i will offer to cut it in half for you like to do in their commercial to prove they are unsinkable, if yours sinks you will immediately know its a china splash
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Helping a friend of mine buy his first boat. Looked at a 2005 18 Dauntless. The flex in the center section of the floor directly behind the leaning post was significant. He is getting a survey done, but I wanted to check and see if this might be a known issue. I was shocked when we got on board. It appears the entire center section of the floor can be removed with screws to gain access to the fuel tank.
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screamandfly.com will get you good results.
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whalers are good boats,,,,,
like any boat with a screwed down acess cover
water gets in through the screws and can rot the wood through time,,,,
is rest of floor around the cover stiff ?
should be as stated rest of hull is foam filled
if so ,,,,and get boat a a good price
pulling the acess cover to have reglassed is pretty common on lots of fishing and ski boats
with screwed down acess covers
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