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Post by westislander on Apr 4, 2015 20:29:21 GMT -6
Today I picked up a 1996 Sea Pro 210 center console, I love the boat but am concerned with the floor. In the stern where the hatch to the bilge/batteries/oil tank is flexing a lot. It does not feel or look rotten it just looks like there is not enough support under it. when stepping on from the swim ladder until 6 (or so inches forward of the hatch) the floor bridges that large bilge / battery area if you step anywhere near it the floor flexes down what feels like at least an inch or more. In all fairness I am a big guy (6'7" 340 lbs) so I don't know how much is the boats fault and how much is my fat ass's fault.
The boat feels solid almost everywhere else with the exception of in front of the cooler seat in front of the console
Has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions on fixing the problem. Hopefully it does not involve ripping out and replacing the floor
I appreciate any input
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Post by gtightline on Apr 5, 2015 2:33:52 GMT -6
I am by no means an expert on boats, but it seems to me like that is not normal. You say it flexes an inch or more, that for sure is not good, in my opinion. I am sure you will have some others chime in on this....BTW welcome to the forum.
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Post by Juan on Apr 5, 2015 6:08:50 GMT -6
Flex in the floor is not good and certainly not normal. Sea Pro hadn't gone completely wood free and was still making boats with wooden stringers in 1996, (the last year of wood) so you may have a stinger issue and I hate to say it, but fixing it will require exactly what you don't want to hear.
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Post by westislander on Apr 5, 2015 6:40:01 GMT -6
Well that stinks, I am hoping that the stringers are ok, in the event I do need to rip the floor out does anyone have any good reference sites to help me along in the process? Also if I do pull the floor do the front storage boxes come out or do I piece the new floor in around it?
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Post by gtightline on Apr 5, 2015 7:17:17 GMT -6
I hope it is a simple fix for you, and hopefully you might be able to get away with fixing just that one section. There are a few videos on YouTube that show floor and stringer repairs, check them out so you have a basic idea of what it might entail...Good luck and let us know what you find...Maybe it's not as bad as you think......This might be a good place to start...hope this helps to give you a basic idea. There are also other videos that you could go through.
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Post by westislander on Apr 6, 2015 19:43:58 GMT -6
does anyone know if the 96 210's had Balsa core decks. I was able to go through things today and it most of the deck feels solid. Inspecting near the bilge hatch revealed 2 layers of fiber glass (the gelcoat top deck and a CSF under side. The center had a brown water soaked core that did not appear to be plywood. what I picked out was very fine grain wood. I was thinking of cutting the deck in the are of the the soft spot, replace the core and re cap with the deck I had removed. Any thoughts?
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Post by Simple Man on Apr 9, 2015 5:50:15 GMT -6
My fiberglass sing skills are limited to writing a check but you are going to have to get all the rotten wood out, replace and then glass the deck back in. Ride by and talk to a fiberglass man over a coke or beer one evening. I would not go into this half cocked or you might end up with a mess. Good luck and Welcome!
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Post by medicman on Apr 25, 2015 8:23:50 GMT -6
I recently came across this Sea Pro forum yesterday what a great site with tons of knowledge and experience...so here I go. I purchased a '98 210CC in August 2014. I was told by dealer that the hull was all composite. This is a one owner boat that was rarely used and was climate controlled stored otherwise. The boat did not even have electronics installed. Anyhow, I repeatedly read that Sea Pro stopped using wood in 1996, but when I removed the starboard rod holder to run wires for a trolling motor to the bow area I noticed what appeared to be a glassed in wood floor. I also smelled what appeared to be wood when I drilled in the top cap of the bow to install the trolling motor mount. There are no soft spots or anything that is raising concern for me other than the fact that I would like to know for sure. Could what I see in the floor be a manufactured (composite) wood? If it is wood should I not worry as much due to the previous owners storage practices? I as well keep the boat stored in a fully enclosed and concrete floored storage facility (not climate controlled but not stuffy) with the boat always washed, dried and stored with every hatch open. I know there's a lot of random here but dread the thought of ever having a floor rot out. Thank you in advance for any input!!!
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Post by Juan on Apr 25, 2015 9:57:38 GMT -6
I don't think it's wood. Mine is an 04 and when I cut 3" holes in the deck at the bow and at the stern to mount pedestal seat bases, the center of the plugs that came out looked like they might be wood... turned out to be composite that was sort of wood colored. I suspect you'll find the same thing.
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Post by medicman on Apr 25, 2015 10:15:56 GMT -6
Thank you very much. It was also suggested that the boat titled '98 but possible left over '96? It was recommended to compare with the HIN. I will check tonight and get back with update. I surely do hope it is just would colored. Thanks for the response.
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Post by medicman on Apr 25, 2015 17:16:08 GMT -6
Update on actual date of production. I just checked the title and it reads 1997 year built and 1998 Mdl/Prog Year... Would you happen to know what the highlighted wording
means. I understand Mdl for model but Prog Year?
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Post by BoatFixx on Apr 28, 2015 19:58:10 GMT -6
96' SeaPro's had balsa core decks. Check your ID number in the stbd corner of the transom. The last two digits is the true production year model and not the registration.
I have 96' 210 W/A and have bouncy decks. I cut out a section and verified the wet balsa mush. It is not a deck stringer or hull stringer issue
Like so many run of the mill production boats, they used a crappy bedding compound around deck penetrations , and or the employee doing the work was lacking in their thoroughness in bedding deck penetrations.
My rot is around the aft hatch where the batteries are located, and around the fuel fill hose location and the fuel gauge sender location.
After this summer I'm going to pull the boat apart, flip the deck pod over, strip off the chopped fiberglass hiding the balsa core and replace it with kelgecell.
The boat has three major sections. The hull, the aft deck pod, and the cabin/forward deck/bullwark pod.
It is what it is...
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Post by medicman on Apr 29, 2015 2:46:41 GMT -6
I will check. Thank you.
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