Top Deck available anwhere or 18 Classic?

[Morgan's Cloud]

Yep , I thought it would have been a very pretty one .

[osur866]

Dang sorry to see this, I really like the engine craddle, was that a tight fit in the 18?

steve

[KMP]

That is an offshore race mount. Fit perfectly, but had to cut for the bigger oil pan.

Dang sorry to see this, I really like the engine craddle, was that a tight fit in the 18?

steve

[osur866]

That is an offshore race mount. Fit perfectly, but had to cut for the bigger oil pan.

I like!!

[mc donzi]

Is there enough left of the deck to at least use as a partial mold??

If so, take the insurance pay out,,, buy it back for pennies on the dollar... find a good glass guy or buy a deck from Donzi.

Judging from the pictures it's worth pursuing.

[Ghost]

So sad, those before-pics are just gorgeous.

If there's some way to prove for certain all the hull glass is not compromised, I suppose maybe on getting a new deck. But I'd shop for a whole new replacement boat--buyer's market for used.

A bit of legwork on the market might significantly improve the insurance payout. Claims folks sometimes really appreciate when you do their hard work for them, making their lives easy. Gathering data and organizing it, including specifics about condition of your boat and others for sale, including nitty gritty down to things like age of fuel tanks, etc might pay off. Your boat looks like it was in GREAT shape. Feels like you can make the case for a substantial check for shopping used.

I'd be very concerned about the integrity of glass that saw high heat. I keep picturing hitting wave 1, and a new deck ripping the screws out of the hull, like opening a bag of dog food. I could be totally wrong, I don't claim to know.

[OFFSHORE GINGER]

Overall .............how is the hull and is it going to be for sell .

[Greg Guimond]

This is what it looked like before Mother Nature.

What state are you located in?

[KMP]

What state are you located in?

Orlando, Florida

[KMP]

Overall .............how is the hull and is it going to be for sell .

The he bottom is good and solid. (So is the boat hull)

I've had the boat almost 25 years now. Will probably keep it. Either watch for a deck or build a new one.

[RickSE]

The new owner of our old 1996 18C had the boat get swamped at the shore line. The water was up to the dash. The retrieval guys did some gel damage to get it out and floating but nothing major. The insurance company ended up totaling the boat. He had it insured for $16K and the buy back was a little under $4K I believe. He bought it back, rebuilt the engine and fixed the gel damage.

[Greg Guimond]

If you had agreed value insurance and the buy back is around what Rick describes, you could always turn it into an 18 Classic Center Console!

[KMP]

If you had agreed value insurance and the buy back is around what Rick describes, you could always turn it into an 18 Classic Center Console!

Haha, actually thought of that. 18' center console with 500hp and imco steering. Just need some outriggers.

[Greg Guimond]

Haha, actually thought of that. 18' center console with 500hp and imco steering. Just need some outriggers.

When we built the deck for my 16 from scratch I decided to weigh it in on a digital scale. Came in at 409lbs built a bit heavy. If you do decide to build a 18 deck I'm very sure you could cut that weight in half easily with bagging it. Plenty of folks down in Florida who have the skills to do that work reasonably.