If you have wood in the floors and decks, you need to be sure to keep all screws
tight and sealed. I keep a boat at Olmsted Shipyard in Lake Charles and they are
always cutting out decks and replacing rotten wood.
Insurance will not pay for rotten wood or water in decks. Once the water gets in
the wood, it is very labor intensive to get it out.
The newer wood is more water resistant, but it can still rot. You just have to make
sure all the screws are tight and sealed. Can't say that enough.
I had a friend who used to fish offshore with me in a Welcraft and his center console
screws got loose from the pounding. His whole coring had to be changed out.
Boats are worse than anything about having to be kept up.
Wax, flush, clean, seal, wash, ect...
There is nothing easier than an aluminum jon boat. But they make noise and pound
too much.
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