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Seats removed

Seats leaving the boat.

Woof. It hadn't even occurred to me that it might be a leak in the hull. The deck was a pin cushion of unsealed screws and it definitely seemed like the damage was radiating out from these areas, with the worst of the balsa damage concentrated around the screws for the passenger seat. In this...

Thanks all. I'll try to figure out how to get some photos uploaded. I think I'm going to pick up my balsa and epoxy on Thursday and hopefully start moving toward getting this buttoned back up! I'll admit that I'm a little torn about jacking the boat off the trailer. I know I might build in a...

Ok! I pulled out all the balsa from about 1' past the V-Berth all the way to the transom. All the remaining balsa looks clean and reads sub 25% on my moisture meter. I got into a pretty good rhythm of cutting the fiberglass with a grinder, then running an oscillating tool underneath and...

Thanks everybody. It sounds like the 'clean' looking balsa is still too wet even though it seems well adhered, and my next step is to at least pull off the fiberglass and rig something up to try to dry it out. That seem right? I'll admit that I was hoping I could call it quits when I got...

Hello all, I have a 1992 16 foot cruiser that had a mushy spot. I pulled out the seat panels and started cutting and it was a total horror show. More water than balsa. I've been reading a lot of posts on this but have a couple specific questions and would really appreciate any thoughts. I'm...

Hey Reddog, I actually called about this boat (a day late!) when you had it for sale. I'm still interested (would definitely be an upgrade from my 12' white water raft I'm currently crabbing out of). Just curious if it being reposted so quickly brings up any red flags for you or if you think...