John McKee
New Member
Several people have asked about deck sag. Pictured here is the rear of my project:
Internally; the deck lacks support................ or does it? Here is the inside:
After shoving the flotation around to get clean pictures. It occurred to me that the flotation bag itself once provided a limited amount of support. At least to push the sag up. And it's natural aged deflation could be the cause of sag. The front has two bags. And you can see that it really does push up the deck when fully inflated.
These flotation "jugs" were made by Reliance. They actually look like water jugs. And must have been installed before the deck was joined to the hull.
You don't actually sit or stand on these sagging deck places. So; in my restoration I'm going to try to fix them anyway. And blow the sag up and out. Get rid of sag. The problem is finding a replacement. All I can find are plastic toys.
Internally; the deck lacks support................ or does it? Here is the inside:
After shoving the flotation around to get clean pictures. It occurred to me that the flotation bag itself once provided a limited amount of support. At least to push the sag up. And it's natural aged deflation could be the cause of sag. The front has two bags. And you can see that it really does push up the deck when fully inflated.
These flotation "jugs" were made by Reliance. They actually look like water jugs. And must have been installed before the deck was joined to the hull.
You don't actually sit or stand on these sagging deck places. So; in my restoration I'm going to try to fix them anyway. And blow the sag up and out. Get rid of sag. The problem is finding a replacement. All I can find are plastic toys.