Trojan Boat Forum

[Continuing from What to look for in buying 1977 F28? -sorry for the hijack]

jefflaw35 wrote:

Nancy wrote:Bummer on the stringers, Jeff, but remember -you're the one who wanted to stay busy. Anyway, a couple of rotted stringers shouldn't be any challenge for a car guy. A little hardwood, a little fiberglass, you'll be good to go. Besides, it's a great excuse to paint the bilge and make it all purdy.

ha not to highjack this but i was thinking of replacing more stringers just to get experence. my stringer test is not for the soft hearted and would probly bring alot of ??? but i own her and i feel its ok to use a drill anywhere i want, its working to

Uhhhh, not sure I'd go attacking perfectly good stringers dude.

Nancy wrote:[Continuing from What to look for in buying 1977 F28? -sorry for the hijack]

jefflaw35 wrote:

Nancy wrote:Bummer on the stringers, Jeff, but remember -you're the one who wanted to stay busy. Anyway, a couple of rotted stringers shouldn't be any challenge for a car guy. A little hardwood, a little fiberglass, you'll be good to go. Besides, it's a great excuse to paint the bilge and make it all purdy.

ha not to highjack this but i was thinking of replacing more stringers just to get experence. my stringer test is not for the soft hearted and would probly bring alot of ??? but i own her and i feel its ok to use a drill anywhere i want, its working to

Uhhhh, not sure I'd go attacking perfectly good stringers dude.

If the stringers are good , IMO I would let them be .If you drill to inspect them make sure you fill and seal the holes (recc epoxy) think smaill when drilling .

that was nice of you SIS,but i didnt mean it as an offense, LOL anyway!! i was comfortable enuf in my experence with metal and collision damage to attack my Stingers with a 1/8 inch drill bit. 2 1/2 from top 4 inches apart. 1/2 from lower sides conter placing. i pulled mostly hard wood plugs out, until i hit 2 short cross stringers near the head, got soft wood. real soft. any soft wook gets replaced. even if i think 1 MM of the distance is soft. hard wood good spots will be filled with glass resine. and rewraped, obviously small peices. I basically just did a core test in my cabin stringers that I knew would be repairable, even if t took metal sleeves. I do not suggest using a drill bit if you do not own the boat or have full intentions of replacing any stringers.

LOL, no offense taken! Good idea to deal with any bad wood now while you have access.