The first step in rot repair is strip the boat out and see how bad the rot is. It's always much worse than what you can see.
I started by firstly taking out the squab seating and various bits and bobs that had been sitting in there for who knows how long (I found a still sealed in its wrapper fishing magazine dated mid 90's!)
There was a bit of moss growth in the topsides from sitting outside so long so I gave her a bit of a scrub down. Most of the stuff inside was junk, but I found the poles for the bimini cover in the cabin, along with a few bits and pieces that are obviously boat related so I have kept them in the garage for later reuse.
After a good clean out, I stripped out the cabin flooring and seating, and removed the deck. even though this might seem like a bit of work, I think it is important to know exactly what your dealing with, and this enables me to examine the hull and cabin all over.
Not good news though...
As you can see, the front lower corners of the cabin have a lot of rot in them. You can actually see where the water has entered in through the front screen and caused the rot. There is going to be a lot of work in making this right.
The bottom of the hull is still in great condition - no rot found yet - although the transom looks pretty rotten so I will be tearing it out and rebuilding, if it is as bad as I fear. NOTE: I know it looks really bad in the transom photo, all the black isn't rot though, just dirt etc :)
Up next will be a bit more of a dig into the rot in the transom to see how much is going to need replaced.
Catch you then!
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