[Rhodes22-list] Oh boy...

[Austin Carter]

Well,  I got it home last night and this afternoon I looked over it a
little more. I attached some pics below.

The hull itselft seems pretty solid, the transom seems to be dry (at least
the bottom where the plug goes, was poking around and it was solid and dry)
The rest of the boat is a different story. After pulling a panel off I got
access to under the cockpit, the floor supports are completely rotten as
you can see in the pic. After pulling out some screws I found that the deck
above the cabin seems to be rotten in between the glass as well, as is the
gunwalls on the sides of the cockpit. I found a  hole that I assume was
used for an atenna cable on the top of the cockpit, I couldn't even find
any wood in between the layers there, I'm guessing it's all rotted away.

In the lazarette there is a raised "shelf?" incased in fiberglass on each
side of the compartment. I assume this is structural?, or part of the foam?
Anyways, someone at some point screwed a small eye bolt through it on the
side. I pulled it out and out came water :-(. So whatever is in there is
filled with water, I'm guessing wood. The interior is completely shot
(looks like it's been chaged a few times), but I knew that and was planning
a full rebuild of the inside.

So it looks like this boat isn't going to see the water, or any more of my
money. The good part is that I only paid $600 for everything, that's why I
wasn't real concerned if it was too far gone, and I figure the trailer
should be worth half that, good solid trailer just needs some TLC. The main
sail is useable but could use a cleaning and the jib looks pretty clean,
and all the rigging seems to be there and in decent shape. So who knows
where I'll go from here, I woundn't mind spending time and money on it, but
it seems like the problems I found are beyond repair.

I attached a few pics below.

Austin
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