New around here and this will be my first build. I purchased a 1994 18 ft Maritime Skiff last spring and after fishing it for a season I could tell that the foam was saturated. I pulled about 600 lbs of wet foam out of the hull and currently at a point where I'm back an fourth on how to proceed.
I will be raising the deck about 2 inches from where it sat prior to help with water puddling in the boat when its weighed down. Adding a 18 gallon below deck fuel tank and re-foaming the stringers.
Now the next part is where I'm back and fourth. The hull is very thin. I'm sure that the foam was for structural purposes but I'm thinking about just re-foaming the stringers with 4lb closed cell foam and adding glass to the hull. Has anyone done something similar to this? What would be the best type of glass to lay down? I will be using epoxy for the whole project.
Any input or advice would be awesome. I still have a couple weeks before I can begin glassing - I'll post some pictures of what the boat looks like right now as well.
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