So, the previous owner who replaced the floor put in expandable foam. I think it's a good idea and plan to redo it. But, the stuff was not put in very well! Here's what was waiting for me under the rotten floor:
























Oh hell, this stuff is hard to get out!!! What a nightmare.



I used a number of scrapers and spatulas. This stuff was rigid and waterlogged. What a chore!












Here's the bow finally scraped clean. I removed the front compartment by grinding off the rivets and pulling out the aluminum panels.



So, my buddy does fabrication work. Check out the welded in supports he put in! He ran all the vertical cross members (i.e. bow to stern). They're gonna make the floor really stiff.



OK, so now that the insides are gutted, I decided that I should go ahead and replace the transom - it's plywood. Again, there's gonna' be NO wood on this boat. So, I ground off all the rivits, but it was still a chore to get out!

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