I am looking into replacing the stringers / floor on my 1989 Bravura. I have done the work before on other boats, and I have read restoration threads extensively, however there is one piece of information I cannot find about my particular boat. I know the Mariah and Bravura are the same except for the open / closed bow aspect. What I am wondering is how the back seat is designed.
It appears to me that the back seat frame is part of the cap, and unless you remove the cap you basically cannot work on the floor under the back seat. Can anyone confirm or disprove that? When I replaced my rudder I tried, not very hard, to take out the whole back seat and it looked nearly impossible, being that it's fiberglass and apparently attached to the cap. Every other boat I've seen, the back seat is a separate assembly and comes right out.
The reason I'm asking is that my floor is not soft, anywhere. Zero flex and zero soft spots anywhere in the boat. However, my stringers are not the best. You can turn some of the motor mount bolts, especially the rears, without ever getting them completely tight. So I was thinking that before the whole floor is rotten, and/or before it becomes a safety issue, I should replace the stringers where they need work, and inevitably I will have to take out some of the floor to remove wet foam. If I don't have to take the whole cap off, that would save, as many of you know, countless hours of work. But I don't know about accessing the floor under the back seat, which is the most likely area to have wet foam.
Anyone done a complete resto on a Mariah or Bravura out there?