23' cc FATCAT rehab......

[fatcat01]

removed some poor glass work as well

[fatcat01]

may be hard to see but some laminated wood mounting block was poorly done. when I cut this one open water poured out!

[fatcat01]

on a better not, this is a section of the decking....solid!

[fatcat01]

started cutting out the decking and foam....the floor is soling but I wanted to check out the foam to see how wet it was and to really get a good idea as to the integrity of the flooring....and to install some chases to run the new rigging

[fatcat01]

surprisingly, the foam was bone dry.....no signs of moisture

[fatcat01]

unfortunately not much progress but did cut out the stringers where they attached to the transom...only sign of moisture was around the drain....notice the black marks where the drain was

[fatcat01]

when I cut out part of the center/ keel stringer it was saturated but solid...if there is such a thing. should I be worried? the lower pic shows the section of keel stringer I removed. again, it is solid but not mush. Thoughts?

[FLexpat]

Originally Posted by fatcat01

when I cut out part of the center/ keel stringer it was saturated but solid...if there is such a thing. should I be worried? the lower pic shows the section of keel stringer I removed. again, it is solid but not mush. Thoughts?

I think it isn't that big of a problem - I remember reading a thread here where someone discussed this - IIRC the thought was that the glass on the center stringer is thick enough that the wood is not really needed for strength - it could be a hollow stringer and work just fine. Based on that, I just let mine dry out when I discovered the same thing - wood fine but pretty damp and very thick glass.

[fatcat01]

thanks for the input Flexpat....that's kinda what I was thinking too....

[wattaway2]

Fatcat had the same issue with my I followed it back maybe 18" or so where I found clean dry wood ?cut it on a 45 and potter puddled a new PC back in and reglassed it Back in