[quote=Dabblin]Thanks.
2 stringers. thinking maybe with my luck I'd cut a port into the deck and find I had severed a stringer causing structural damage. Back to the inversion method. The boat has spent a lot of time out of the water High and dry.
I can try the drill and fill technique, maybe with variations.
invert the hulls, drill fore and aft then inject Methanol, its hydrophilic and will take any water that's there with it, that should help
dry out the foam, if it doesn't destroy it? Then after that has dried, a thinned resin to penetrate the fine fissures and cracked areas where the separation has occurred, followed by a thicker epoxy type resin for structure. Once it has set and cured for a few days try jumping on it, if its good, its good. If not I'll grab a saw and get busy on putting an access port in and then trying
building up reinforcing structure between the stringers, Resin udf matting then cloth depending on what seems
best once its opened up.
Any info on the size, placement and space between the stringers?
I have a SeeSnake I might try a 1/2 inch hole and do a little visual recon if the Drill and Drizzle doesn't work.
Mike thanks for the info!
Bob
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