Ok, finally getting closer to the point of putting things back IN the boat rather than cutting and grinding things to take OUT of the boat!
As you can see in the pic, I will be starting with the center stringers.
I originally was thinking of just going with wood encapsulated stringers since I have dealt with those before, but have decided to stick to what the manuf. had in there, glass over foam. That decided- I plan to build forms to lay the glass on in about 6ft sections. Those will be trimmed to fit the hull (boat is a 12 degree deadrise).
I am going to first lay a layer of stitched biaxial over the inner hull and outer stringers, then the plan was to tab in the formed stringers, cut access holes and attempt to pour the foam to fill the stringers. Two problems I saw here- one was filling with no voids but without undue pressure build up and second was that I would really like to put have something that will give more mechanical holding power in the top of the stringer.
I am now looking at a different order to the install. I will form the stringers on the forms and trim to fit. Then I will be able to turn the stringers over and glass wood or stainless to the inside top of the stringers where I need more holding power. Next step, fill the stringers with foam. This will let me not only tab the stringers from the outside but also to use chopped mat under the stringers to also bond to the hull.
Long explanation, hope it makes sense and always looking for suggestions or problems you all see with this. One other thing, what about drain tubes through the stringers?
