I kind of thought it gave some structure to to hull sides. Bummer to hear it rattles in big waves, I have it in my old wellcraft nova and like the look of it.

I liked all the teak in my 30’ scarab but I can understand you wanting to get rid of those pieces in your boat because it doesn’t have much teak and is more sporty looking. I had to remove mine while I was working on my boat. Mine were held in with stainless #2 Phillips screws. Seems like they were really flexible and came out pretty easy. It’s good to see you working on that boat. Like I said before when I bought my 30’ scarab I spent a lot of time looking at pictures of yours. Great looking boat!

Thanks!
Yeah, I looked today and saw all the screws holding them in. Should be easy enough to remove.

If anyone is curious to what foam I am using, it's from ebay or amazon. Works great, about 20 seconds of mixing time and rigid.
I have a chunk sitting in gasoline and going to see how it reacts.

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Rookie Thats the same foam I used when I did the 70 gallon tank in my Sea Ray. I ended up using twice as much as I thought. I used two of the 1 gallon 4lb density kits and one of the one gallon 2 lb density kits. I had about 1/2 gallon left over. I poured it into red solo cups, timed the mixture and poured it really fast. the mixing time is about 20 seconds. I also spaced the tank off the bottom of the hull about 3/4 of a inch and poured the foam around the sides so it would run down to the bottom and support the bottom of the tank.

A little more progress today. Got the floor in and black painted the floor where it mates up to the interior walls. I am going to cover the whole floor with the red/dark gray EVA flooring now and if I have a little mismatch I don't want the white floor to magnify the mismatch.
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I didn't realized that the interior sidewall that the lattice strips were attached to was an inner cockpit liner. That was also making a rattling noise. So I drilled some holes in it and got some expandable foam and filled it up, rattle fixed...
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Measuring, cutting and fitting the floor to be laid down.
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Just did the same flooring in a 17 foot Starcraft I'm restoring for the wife. Goes down good but the ends will keep curling up. Put some weight on the ends and let it sit for a day or two.

I spray down 3M Super 77 or Loctite spray adhesive around perimeter, seams and corners. I have had no issues on my Active Thunder doing this.

Progress has been slow, but coming along. Just need to rebuild the engine bay bulk head that I had to cut out. Install side panel, passenger seat and rear bench.
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