2000 180 bowrider floor and stringers

East Coast Canuck

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Mar 18, 2014
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Nova Scotia, Canada
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Looking at a Sea Ray 180 and hoping to get some advice
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4.3l Mercruiser
Sorry if this is answered somewhere already. I searched but couldn't find anything. Being a newbie to boating, I probably used the wrong terminology in my search.

I was here about a year ago, planning to buy a used Sea Ray, but I had unexpected costly expense that made me hold off a bit. I'm back inthe hunt, and I am looking at a 2000 180 bowrider. My question is if that year/model still used wood in the floor, stringers, and transom? With all the nightmares I hear about boats rotting out, I want to go wood-less if possible. I am also looking at a 2006 Seaswirl, which I understand has no wood in its structure.

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks.
 
nothing wrong with wood stringers and transom if the boat was thoroughly maintained
 
The brochure for my 1995 195 5 series very cleverly list under the heading of "Interior Features" an "Integral Fiberglass Floor System". The floor and the ski locker are fiberglass.

That said I don't know if "Integral Fiberglass Floor System" means a fiberglass floor with wooden stringers and wooden transom, or fiberglass floor with fiberglass stringers and wooden transom or ......................
 
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