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Restore Starcraft American 16

Hello

I Am new and have a "little" project. I want to restore a boat I bought. But I need some help of you guys, because I don't know nothing about restoring boats. I red many articles and at the internet about it.

First of all, I have "stripped" the boat totally. Because the boat was inside in a bad condition, i pulled out the floor carpet, all the seats, the inside upholstery, the instruments and so on.
Now I doubt about what I should do now? Should I remove the cap of the boat or isn't that necessairy, because i think it is in a good shape...

What about the deck floor? I cut the rotten parts out of it and saw the foam was wet. I also pulled it out, but also here the question. Should I remove the whole deck floor? And how close i should cut the deck floor because of the hull? When I use my decoupling saw I fear to cut trough the hull... And, the foam, what is the best, only replace the wet parts or pul it all out and no foam or...The stringers are of wood and ecapsulated with fiber glass. I doubt about them to change also. The wood is in good shape, except the places where the stringers are connected with eachother. I have some photo's of them, and also is a little bit of water standing in the hull, next to the middle stringer.
About the cap, i
t is a full cap, from the front to the back. The cap is attached with wood and nails on the inside (see picture's). Out the outside it has a rub rail that covers all that It would be really hard te cut that loose and I wonder if I can do that as dummy in restoring boats
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A the other side, it would be easier working to work on the deck.

Has any one an idea how old is that boat and how I should work to restore it?
Thank yoy very much.


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