Soft Spot On Bass Boat Floor

We recommend tapping around the soft spot with the back end of a screwdriver.

Soft spot on bass boat floor. Descriptionthis diy video shows how to fix a rotten boat floor. It also creates spaces where water can get deeper into the boat the floor and other areas. If you hear a hollow sound you ll have an idea if there s a weak area. The soft spots tend to be small enough at first so you need to make sure that the overall surface you are working on allows you to apply the epoxy and fiberglass properly.

Turned out the entire floor was rotten the stringers were rotten the transom was rotten etc. Getting ready for the fiberglass. I too have a boat that had a soft spot in the floor. Even a gap as small as a nail head can wreak havoc on an otherwise healthy boat so when replacing flooring avoid nailing altogether.

A boat floor is not meant to have nails in it and doing so weakens the structure. When the sound becomes sharp and the material gives good feedback to the touch you know that it s stronger. Sometimes there are softer mor flexible arias in a boat but if the floor is rotting it wont take but a year or two and the whole floor will be bad. Replacing the plywood in 1996 stratos bass boat.

When noticing a soft spot on your boat you need to add more support to the structure to reinforce it as much as possible. Depends on the kind of guy you are. The text book way of replacing the floor is to remove the consoles seat boxes and remove all. Yes yest either replace the floor if it is getting soft or disclose the soft spot and give the guy a deal based on floor replacment.