Hey Guys,

Boat is a 1983 Guardian 24 ft cabin cruiser conerted to outboard pod and half the cabin cut off.

I have recently got myself into a bit of a mess.
While checking out my boat in preparation for the new trailer, I notice a squishy spot on the floor. My heart sank and I bit the bullet and decided to look closely to see what was going on.

Unnoticed during purchase, and all through last season boating and fishing, the floor was just some wood thrown over the original rotted floor and screwed down onto it. Carpet over the top and no one even noticed.

Up came the fake floor, big holes and splits in the original floor underneath.
Through one of the holes in the floor I can see water trapped between bulkheads with no way out and the bulkheads feed spongy too.

Original floor mostly out I removed a bulkhead and yes they all need replacing.

One strange thing I found was that the main stringer down the middle of the boat is hollow. I find it hard to believe that the wood could completely dissolve and noticed a small hole between each bulkhead. Passage for water to move to drainage point?
Wondering if anyone has ever seen anything like this before?

Photos of progress so far and plans ahead are to add storage and better drainage.

Also likely ill be looking at a new transom when I get that far..

I will keep updating this thread with images and progress as I make it but looking like its not going to be much of a season for me...

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