I have to go at least to the forward bulkhead in front of the gas tank, its dry-rotted too. I haven't pulled the cabin apart yet to see if the stringers that run along the tank run all the way up or stop at the bulkhead. Where did you get your plywood from? There is a place in Toledo I used to get marine grade from but it was $80 a sheet.

There was a lumber yard here in Cincinnati called Funch Lumber back in 03 I want to say that I paid a little more than $60.00 a sheet..

I actually gave it some serious thought in using the MICRO lam beams instead of the plywood.. I know that they are strong as **** and full of glue so I doubt that rot wood be a issue..

Also notice in the last picture of the finished transom at the keel how I cut the plywood and packed that area with resin and AEROCEL and chopped mat, did it that way with the bulkheads too.. Reason for it was so when I drilled through for the drainage holes it was solid glass no wood that way no water would be able to penetrate the wood in the transom and bulkheads!!!

Once I settle with my insurance company, one of you guys may want to pickup my boat and re-do it...

-mike

Whats wrong with it?

I'll pick it up if your gonna give it away?

Oh I tagged a log in the hudson river. Insurance company won't pay, claims "Prior Damage or Manufacturing Defect". We hit right on the stringer and so it wicked up the water while we tried to make it back to the dock with the boat. We are taking the insurance company to arbitration to hopefully be made whole on what they owe me. I'll be selling the whole she-bang once it's settled.

-mike

At least call Kevin, 3 of us in your thread know him, you may be surprised....

Ahhh!! the memories! glad thats over...good thread, I likeseeing boats get fixed up!!

Yeah I noticed you did that. I was planning on doing the same thing, or at the very least seperating that part from the rest of the transom/bulkheads. What did you use for resin? Originally I was going to go with vinylester, but now I am thinking of doing all epoxy since it really isn't that much more than vinylester and the working time is a little better. Still not entirely decided...

I was told by the person that I was getting the material from that it was vinylester.. But hell if you can go epoxy go with epoxy much stronger.. Only thing I didn't do that I wish I would have was foam in the tank!!!!