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dead_onion
11-04-2007, 06:45 AM
hello
replacing the stringers in my 78 Biesmeyer.
how much of the old glass must be removed from the boat before putting in the new stringers?
I have cut out all the glass that encapsulated the stringers.
Is is necessary to grind down to the original hull of the boat all the way around where the original stringers were installed, approximatley 4 inches on either side of the stringer? Or can I get away with glassing over the material that is already there?
also the originals started out about 4 inches tall, and gradually taper down to about 1 inch tall to where they terminate in the bow of the boat. Is that normal? All the pics of stringers that I have seen, the stringers are the same height in the front of the boat as they were in the back of the boat.
One last question: How to I seperate the top or deck of the boat from the bottom of the boat?