geo737
Member
- Jun 5, 2012
- 150
- Boat Info
- 1979 sea ray 195 I/O, White over blue. no electronics as of yet. Pulled behind 2004 Ford Expedition
- Engines
- 228 Mercruiser - 5.0 Chevrolet engine w/Alpha Outdrive
I've been away from the site for a while, out enjoying our 195 for the last few years. I finally decided to tackle the deck rot along side of the port ski locker opening that was along the edge. Well, as is common, the rot just kept going the more I dug, so I'm down to gutting the entire deck and stringers including the engine mount structure. When I removed the deck and started removing the floatation foam, there was a quite abit of water soaking of the foam and standing water between the foam and hull. As I was removing the deck, I found it quite curious as to how the deck was glassed in. The deck had a small gap 1/8" between the edge of the deck plywood and the gunwhale. At the joint where the gunwhale and the hull meet there is a 2-3" wide plywood lip glassed in. Has anyone experienced this situation? Do I need to remove the 2-3" plywood lip? Does the hull have a lip formed in for the decking to lay on? In the photo, the cut line is between the edge of the decking and the edge of the hull lip that has plywood glassed into it.