Does any one redo boat decks on the side?

I have to redo the floor of my 17 ft mirrocraft outfitter xl tiller. Needs new lumber and carpet or what ever I decide to put in it.
My plan is to do it this winter. But I am redoing my basement as well and kind of am thinking about just paying some one cash to slap some new wood and such in it. Or I’ll happily help if your close.
I’m located in north branch. Just seeing if any one is looking for cash money. I wont pay a dealership to do it. In that case I’ll do it my self. But I don’t want to. I will fish through the fall and then be done with the boat till rainy river ice off.

Must not be quick easy money

We all know where you can get a wood free boat.

Bearcat89 wrote:

Must not be quick easy money

its not.

i did mine with the help of my at that time son-in-law. its a long tedious process. and he knows his way around woodwork. this gotta have been 10-12 years ago.

that was on a 16 ft lund 1600 stinger.

Dutchboy wrote:

We all know where you can get a wood free boat.

If I replace my floor and sell it, I’d only be a 1/8th of the way there.

Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Dutchboy wrote:</div>
We all know where you can get a wood free boat.

If I replace my floor and sell it, I’d only be a 1/8th of the way there.

Get the shovel out and dig the coffee can up. You will be fine.

There’s a lot that goes into it, as you will find things as you go. I really enjoyed rebuilding mine, but it was a massive time commitment.

Do you know if the foam is waterlogged?
Is the transom solid?
Are you redoing electrical?
Replacing seat bases?
Adding storage?
How do you want the wood sealed?
What thickness plywood?
Do you want to add any additional support under the floor?
What do you want to put over the wood?
Are you purchasing all the materials?
Paying by hour or total job?

Posting pics would also help in deciding whether someone would be interested.

For reference, here’s what my rebuild looked like:
https://forum.tinboats.net/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=43184&p=435453#p435453

I would highly recommend marine vinyl. I still have some remaining from my rebuild, and could measure it if you were interested.

I’ve got too many projects lined up for winter already to be able to offer (and a bit of a poke away from you), but if you need any info on where I found stuff when I did mine last year feel free to ask.

Agree on the vinyl, I was a little concerned about grip but I’ve found there is plenty of grip with both shoes or barefoot. I think a little moisture on it almost seems to make it stickier (marideck).

I’m in the exact same boat, pun intended. 1989 16 ft alumacraft tiller. Deck is starting to rot and screws coming out everywhere constantly. Front deck, main floor, compartment doors… all of it. Plus I’m seeing carpenter ants on it

Lost- that is almost exactly my boat. I am dreading this but figure I’ll save a lot of money by doing it myself. Thanks for posting that link and info- it’ll come in handy.

I want to leave My set up the same. My bow deck has a soft corner and my rear deck is soft as well in 1 small spot. I will probably do vinyl floor.

I k ow what it takes I did it to my last boat. My biggest issue is time. Ill pay as a entire job, or how ever some one wants to be paid. I always pay a very fair wage and make others time worth while. nothing changes no electric work just flooring like My post stated. I have all the wood already, just no covering.

You need any duct tape? I got some of that Camo color stuff.

Eelpoutguy wrote:

You need any duct tape? I got some of that Camo color stuff.

I didn’t know I needed it until you said camo colored. So now I do yes. It’ll hold my trolling motor on to the bow.

If they don’t find ya handsome…they’ll at least find ya handy

I did this on an old Crestliner It was not fun and when I got done at that time I hardly got out of it what I put in it. It was a disappointment. Not saying don’t do it but it is a big job as Lost eluded to. When I bought my new boat I actually looked at how to replace the flooring if I would keep it that long. “Thankfully” they are getting so cheaply made now that a few sheets of plywood your done sad

mrpike1973 wrote:

I did this on an old Crestliner It was not fun and when I got done at that time I hardly got out of it what I put in it. It was a disappointment. Not saying don’t do it but it is a big job as Lost eluded to. When I bought my new boat I actually looked at how to replace the flooring if I would keep it that long. “Thankfully” they are getting so cheaply made now that a few sheets of plywood your done sad

Sounds as if you didn’t do it to the right boat, if you didn’t get out of it what you put in it. . My last boat was a 16 ft crestliner and I did it in a week’s time. That was with redoing electrical stuff. And only working a few hours per night. But I had a big barn to work in. Now my 3 car garage is tight especially in the winter so I’m trying to sub it out.

My son and I did this exact thing on our old Crestliner that we keep at the cabin. It was actually a lot of fun for us to do together and didn’t take us much time at all. I think we were able to complete it in 3 evenings. Getting all the supplies (marine plywood, carpet, adhesive, etc.) was the hardest part.
Once we had everything we needed, we took the old floor out and used it as a template for all our cuts. We cleaned up the foam under the floor and added some additional, cut the new floor, carpeted everything by both gluing it down and using a staple gun on the back side. Then we reassembled, put in the seat bases, etc. The hardest part for us was that it was a side console, so getting the console all back into place and cables, etc. hooked back up.

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mrpike1973 wrote:

When I bought my new boat I actually looked at how to replace the flooring if I would keep it that long.

Are they still using wood on new boats? Why aren’t they using aluminum? My 2015 Ranger has no wood whatsoever. Seems like a better solution would be to simply avoid using wood if it is eventually going to rot and wear out.

Looks really good crossin eyes. Fine job.

Bearcat, I’ve done a couple other boat floors and have one of my own to do this winter as well. If you don’t find anyone, give me a shout near the time you hang up the open water rods. Unfortunately I have no clue how busy I’ll be over winter with real work at this point.

munchy wrote:

Bearcat, I’ve done a couple other boat floors and have one of my own to do this winter as well. If you don’t find anyone, give me a shout near the time you hang up the open water rods. Unfortunately I have no clue how busy I’ll be over winter with real work at this point.

Thank you I appreciate that.