SSFlook1985
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- Feb 6, 2021
- 10
- Boat Info
- 1987 Searay Sorrento 23
- Engines
- 350 mercruiser w/Alpha 1
Hi there everybody. First post and sadly its about a few problems I have. I live in Washington County Maryland so the work I'm doing is outside in cold weather, bear that in mind.
So the boat like the title says is a sorrento s23. I bought the boat last year for what I thought was a steal, guy had motor problems which I fixed the next day and took it out for a water test and it did fine, still needed some fine adjustments and a new carb but I figured on that at least anyway. I made it through the summer last year but started to see some sloppy patch and quick hide methods on the floor but chose not to really get into until the season was over and my time was open enough to really dedicate a lot of it after work and my weekends to this because I knew what I was going to find. So the floor was layered on top of the other 2 floors that were there and glassed on to them.... seems like a lot of work to half ass and not remove the older floors first. So I got the floor out and am about to start on the foam. The stringers are completely soaked and rotted into black dirt. My questions are for the bow, motor mounts, swim deck and transom, its been snowing as well so I don't have any pictures yet but I'll be posting some since you all will get a better idea and point me in the right direction.
The bow is glass and gel coat with what I'm going to call the console and passenger console being glassed to it as all one piece. How do I get under there to replace the stringers that run the full length on the boat with out removing the consoles since thats beyond my ability with what I have to work with. The glass thats already there i planned to leave one side and gut the rest then epoxy and glass the the new wood into for the stringers, not sure if that's a good plan or not please advise one way or the other.
I don't have a way to pull the motor so if the mounts are bad, they are completely wrapped in glass and not wet at all but could still be rotten inside and I cannot see it, is there anyway to save my existing ones if I have too?
The transom doesn't sound bad but if that rotten stringer was not isolated from the wood core of the transom then that is probably shot as well but I won't know more until I get to that point, what are my options with that if its a worst case scenario?
The swim deck has a crack that runs through it, and the inside is rotten, is the swim deck isolated from the transom? If it's not then I can pretty much bet on having to replace the transom.
Thanks for reading it all I know it was long, and thanks for all the advice, I know I'm going to get the typical just buy a new boat but thats not what I'm doing so please read and understand that.
So the boat like the title says is a sorrento s23. I bought the boat last year for what I thought was a steal, guy had motor problems which I fixed the next day and took it out for a water test and it did fine, still needed some fine adjustments and a new carb but I figured on that at least anyway. I made it through the summer last year but started to see some sloppy patch and quick hide methods on the floor but chose not to really get into until the season was over and my time was open enough to really dedicate a lot of it after work and my weekends to this because I knew what I was going to find. So the floor was layered on top of the other 2 floors that were there and glassed on to them.... seems like a lot of work to half ass and not remove the older floors first. So I got the floor out and am about to start on the foam. The stringers are completely soaked and rotted into black dirt. My questions are for the bow, motor mounts, swim deck and transom, its been snowing as well so I don't have any pictures yet but I'll be posting some since you all will get a better idea and point me in the right direction.
The bow is glass and gel coat with what I'm going to call the console and passenger console being glassed to it as all one piece. How do I get under there to replace the stringers that run the full length on the boat with out removing the consoles since thats beyond my ability with what I have to work with. The glass thats already there i planned to leave one side and gut the rest then epoxy and glass the the new wood into for the stringers, not sure if that's a good plan or not please advise one way or the other.
I don't have a way to pull the motor so if the mounts are bad, they are completely wrapped in glass and not wet at all but could still be rotten inside and I cannot see it, is there anyway to save my existing ones if I have too?
The transom doesn't sound bad but if that rotten stringer was not isolated from the wood core of the transom then that is probably shot as well but I won't know more until I get to that point, what are my options with that if its a worst case scenario?
The swim deck has a crack that runs through it, and the inside is rotten, is the swim deck isolated from the transom? If it's not then I can pretty much bet on having to replace the transom.
Thanks for reading it all I know it was long, and thanks for all the advice, I know I'm going to get the typical just buy a new boat but thats not what I'm doing so please read and understand that.
