67 19' Bowrider conversion to bay style center console

[parrott]

lol. Yeah man she was cleaned up nicely. Just had to do alittle more grinding and we were good.

[parrott]

Got the stringers laminated together and some knees cut. Sanded the gelcoat off transom and filled in all the screw holes.

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Stringers in place. Back deck is gonna end up being about 3" lower from where we are gonna cut the sides down. Front deck is gonna be 68" from bow to bulkhead(center). Back deck is gonna b 48" from stern to bulkhead. Old coffin box is gonna work good underneath the console for batteries and such. Last pis shows just how thick the stringers are.

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Does anyone know why there is a 1"x4" running the inside of the two inside stringers. You can see it in the pic of the stringer above. It has mat on the back to help glue to stringer. Not sure what the real purpose here is????????

[flyingfrizzle]

They might of been placed there to give some wood to screw the gas tank brackets into.
With the stringers being hollow they may of need this so that the screws would have something to hold to. If the tank had brackets it would possibly been to hold the gas tank that is if it was not foamed in. That is if the wood is on the inside of the center two stringers facing towards the tank. That would be my guess.

[parrott]

good thought. but there seems to be no holes in the coffin box where brackets may have been. It really has me stumped.

Another question??? Why do boat manufactures today put wood or composite inside the stringers. I mean these are thick ass stringers and all and have held up this long. Makes more sense to me to have extra thick glass stringers that are hollow.

[strick]

Interesting stringers. I was comparing it to the pictures in the literature section. That was Moesly's grid system. The idea that he came up with that is still used in boat building. My guess is the wood is in there to act as a stiffener or what frizz said....

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