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My Sundowner 205, I'm guessing the main floor side channels either side of the fuel tank where the seats mount are foam filled? The front cuddy floor void is.

If so is there anyway to check if there is any water in there? & best way to get it out if there is please.


Just thought I'd check if its wise to do so

Yep its all foam under there. I have an '88 H-200 with the same hull different top cap because its a bowrider. The deck rotted and I had the whole thing out, repaired and put back together about 7-8 years ago. Big job. To answer your question no its not practical to take all that foam out unless you had to do the same thing I did.

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Best thing you do is get rid of the carpet, get rid of that glue, inspect the deck, if its solid, re-glass it and then gelcoat it in non skid gelcoat. Seal every hole used to mount the seats. The carpet is what holds in moisture and the rot starts in all the unsealed holes. They also used hundreds of nasty rusty staples to hold the deck down, I glued it with 3M 4200 and used stainless wood screws that were all sealed in then glassed over.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II

Superb info thanks

My deck is not rotten (though the fuel tank lid is bending a bit), in fact its all very solid. The boat has been dry stored its entire life.

I was thinking about glassing the floor at some point, but the carpet is good condition, not bad considering its all original.

If its going to still be dry stored then you can leave it be. However if it sits outside under a cover in a damp climate I'd get rid of the carpet it you want it to last. The areaa under the back seat once it gets wet will never dry out. That's where it started on mine. I redid all the gas tank supports in mahagony because it's much more rot resistant than the cheap pine they used.

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88 Four Winns 200 Horizon
4.3 OMC Cobra-4bbl
2002 Walker Bay 10/2012 Suzuki 2.5
2008 Walker Bay 8

1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0/Selectrac
2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7 Hemi/Quadradrive II