Rotted flooring 95 1700 Pro Angler.

Hi guys! Thanks for all the great tips in here. I’ve got three really rotted spots in my flooring on ‘95 1700 Pro Angler. I don’t immediately see how to go about removing the floor as I see no screws or rivets. Is that all under the carpet? I’ll have to remove the back compartments. The side compartments don’t appear removable. Any help would be most appreciated. I love my boat and want to keep it in good shape.

Screws will be under the carpet. They will probably be rusty and hard to back out. My floor butted up to the side compartments and slid under the back compartments. I didn’t have to take out back compartments.

Thanks, so much, bazzsaw. I definitely feel more confident to tackle this. Do you have a similar model?

If you pay for marine plywood you will probably double the value of the boat.

Everything is removable, just sometimes you need to remove one thing to remove another. Grab a beer or 3 and start looking closely at how things all go together.

Once you start, expect to find a can of worms. What feels soft now, is probably near crumbling…and what feels hard, you might find is very soft when you start working with it or fastening to it.

I’ve done more than my fair share of replace/remodeling on boats.
You’ll need to be more handy than handsome.

FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

more handy than handsome.

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FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

…and what feels hard, you might find is very soft when you start working with it…

Anyone want to run with this?

Take lots of pictures before you start. It will help immensely when going back together.

Matt Moen wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:</div>
more handy than handsome.

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Pictures of the boat and floor, not yourself.

Jesse Krusemark wrote:

1700 PRO ANGLER

I had a 96 Lund Pro V. I replaced the main floor due to similar soft spots. About half the screws backed out ok. The other half were a biach. I used a hole saw and cut around these. I tried to drill them out but they are stainless and I wrecked about 4 bits and didn’t get any drilled out. I also f’d up when screwing the new floor in and put a screw through one of my gas vent lines. Don’t do this, your boat will smell like gas until you get rid of it. I think the vent line cost a couple hundred to replace. Otherwise, I would make sure to use the same thickness of plywood (marine) as you take out. That will make everything go back together easier if you plan to use similar carpet, etc. Use the old floor as a template. There are some good threads on here to get more details. Lot of guys have done this.

Here is a 1999 1950 Tyee redu.

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Marine plywood is great but for a little more money you can buy Coosa board. The blue water 26 is impervious to water and will never rot. I just did my floors and transom. Almost all of your newer boys are using this product or a similar product. No point in putting in the work to have it rot again.

Cole Houston wrote:

Marine plywood is great but for a little more money you can buy Coosa board. The blue water 26 is impervious to water and will never rot. I just did my floors and transom. Almost all of your newer boys are using this product or a similar product. No point in putting in the work to have it rot again.

I’ve never heard of Coosa board. Where do you get it?

I ordered mine out of fisheries supplies. Check out the Coosa board website for a dealer near your location. It’s pricey but worth the extra as I’ll never have to do it again.

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