Well, As some of you already know I have started to restore my 38 Special. One of the projects I'm on now is redoing the interior. So far I have stripped the interior from the boat and stripped the covers from the seats, side panels, and engine hatch. What I found was the Plywood (that looked to be original from 1993) was completely ROTTEN!! It does not look like the plywood was coated with anything. (Well the side panels looked like they had something on them - But nothing else did)

What I plan to do if I'm lucky is use the old wood as a template to make new bases. My question is what kind of material should I use??

- Regular Plywood (except coat it with fiberglass resin on all sides)
- Marine Plywood (Expensive! and Heavy!!)
- Starboard (basically uses like plywood but is plastic that will never rot. Hard to find here in Kansas!! Cost???)

*Remember, I don't plan to leave the boat out in the elements uncovered like the last guy!

I'll post pictures of my progress soon!!

id use regular plywood and protect it and be done with it.

later

were did you buy the baja from?

later

I bought it in Baltimore and it was a Repo out of New Jersey....

Here are some pictures....

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