Tsunami surgery begins

[1bayouboy]

Decided to start carving since I had some free time this week. I got a loan and picked up one of those Fein Multitools....I gotta say it slices through fiberglass neatly without much dust if it is a little slow.

So here goes some shots.....
First I sliced down the sides of the motor well and around the live well. After cutting the sealant around the tub the cap lifted out....



Then I cut around the floor and up the corners to get the front of the tub out. That left the live well still in and attached to the transom.

Then amazingly I was able to pry the livewell up and out after slicing some of the areas around the transom opening.



And there are all the pieces.....pretty much intact....



When I started removing the stern eyes it there was a surprise....both were corroded completly through but it wasn't obvious at all.



The vent boxes were interesting...they're actually molded pieces held in with four screws and then glued with a cabosil like adhesive. I got them out intact...



I sliced some sections out of the back of the stringers and the little stringers the battery boxes are on. The foam was
dry, although there seem to be a little water in the bottom of the stringer. The smaller stringers were wood cored and were very wet...in fact there's a hollow on the insdie that had some water in it. Gotta wonder how old that was....



So that's where I'm at...progress will be slow. I have to cut the backend off the stringers and get all the wet and rotted wood removed. There is definitely a lot of glass in these boats.

My boat yard.......