Boat rot

[Johnq36]

I have a 2008 ar210 hatch over gas tank has rotted any ideas on what I should do?

 

[Babin Farms]

There are threads on the forum about people that have redone their hatches. Cut the old glass out, installed new wood and new fiberglass.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/clean-out-hatch-rebuild-wood-core-replacement.31125/

 

[RobbieO]

Check out this guys hatch rebuild…

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[Johnq36]

I started the process!

 

[Shaddow350]

 

[Johnq36]

Yea that’s how I feel lol

 

[Johnq36]

There are threads on the forum about people that have redone their hatches. Cut the old glass out, installed new wood and new fiberglass.

https://jetboaters.net/threads/clean-out-hatch-rebuild-wood-core-replacement.31125/

Thanks for this info

 

[Johnq36]

View attachment 180008I started the process!

She ready for some wood!!

 

[jetboater4life]

My tank cover on my 2010 212x is getting super squishy in some areas. I have snow camo seadek on the whole thing and getting that replaced would be difficult. I'll see if I can either start this process or have a good fiberglass guy do it for me.

 

[Babin Farms]

My tank cover on my 2010 212x is getting super squishy in some areas. I have snow camo seadek on the whole thing and getting that replaced would be difficult. I'll see if I can either start this process or have a good fiberglass guy do it for me.

You shouldn't have to replace the sea deck if your doing this project and I'd just do it myself as long as its not going to be seen. Watch some videos on doing fiberglass, figure it out and you should be good to go. Doesn't really matter what it looks like as long as it gets the job done.

 

[RobbieO]

View attachment 180067She ready for some wood!!

That’s what my ex used to say all the time. And I would tell her she was rotting.

 

[Johnq36]

My tank cover on my 2010 212x is getting super squishy in some areas. I have snow camo seadek on the whole thing and getting that replaced would be difficult. I'll see if I can either start this process or have a good fiberglass guy do it for me.

You don’t need to touch the top area, I would protect it with plastic and tape. Flip it over and go to town

 

[Johnq36]

View attachment 180067She ready for some wood!!

Wood prep she fits good and flush

 

[RobbieO]

View attachment 180116Wood prep she fits good and flush

Nice work. Is that marine grade plywood?

 

[Brad_Ct]

I need to do this to our boat, it is 2006 without the removable hatch so I need to cut the deck out.

 

[Johnq36]

Nice work. Is that marine grade plywood?

I didn’t fine any locally. But I did resin it 2 times just for extra protection

 

[Johnq36]

View attachment 180116Wood prep she fits good and flush

Final steps it’s coming along

 

[jetboater4life]

Here is an article with some replacement options for marine grade plywood.

Marine Plywood Alternative [9 Best Alternatives]

Is there any marine plywood alternative in the market? Yes, there are including exterior grade plywood. For the complete list, see this post.

boatinggeeks.com

This is something I only want to have to do once so preventing rot is imperative and cost on the sheet is not.

 

[Johnq36]

I have a 2008 ar210 hatch over gas tank has rotted any ideas on what I should do?

 

[the MfM]

Nice work. Is that marine grade plywood?

For something like that hatch there is no reason to pay for marine grade.

any exterior grade ply will work.