TRANQUILO My Parker 2330 Project

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So I contacted Vince at American Tanks in SD for a quote. Best deal so far. Waiting on a second quote for the glass work. Here I have measured/marked the stringers and bulkheads for the first phase of the tank removal. Does anyone out there have a recommendation for a shop that could do the final phase of the tank instal/glasswork? I’m located in Ventura, but am willing to trailer the boat as far as SD for the right shop.

 

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Cut the decking and pulled the tank today. It wasn’t all that bad of a project. The hardest part was making sure I had the stringers and bulkheads marked appropriately before cutting. Tank was in surprisingly good shape for being 28 years old.

 

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No fuel leak but discovered lots of water in the foam. Stringers and bulkheads of the coffin are solid which was a relief, but found some de lamination on both of these paralleling pieces of glassed in plywood. Im
Not sure what to call them, are they another form of a stringer? Either way they will definitely need to be replaced and glassed over again.

Anybody have experience with this repair? I will probably have my fiberglass guy do the work but I’m curious how big of a project it will be.

 

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Actually, they probably just add support for the fuel tank. Thoughts/experience?

 

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Making the best of my boat being in “boat jail”, installed some seadek flooring I’ve been holding onto. I also have some flooring for the cockpit but obviously I need to wait for the tank to be installed first.

 

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Also prepped the fuel tank coffin. Removed the water logged base pieces and sanded the area for new glass work.