As posted in another thread, I looked at a late model Pearson recently. The owner had obviously neglected this boat for some time, and ther was very little equipment. The boat had some moisture issues with the deck, so I'm continuing to search for another boat.
One thing that has been puzzling me, and I still can not figure out, was what was going on in the bilge? It seemed as though the entire bilge had been reinforced with 1/2 inch of heavy glass. Whoever did it, did a very thourough job. Here is a (crappy) picture:
You can see that it is almost 1/2 inch thick on the sides of the compartment. Extra layers were on the horizontal surfaces. The limber holes had been re-drilled so that water could drain from one compartment to another. You can see one limber hole toward the left side of the picture. In this picture, foreward = right, aft = left. That's the mast step on the right. Every compartment had the same treatment.
Any ideas of what was going on here?
Thanks in advance for your insight and theories!
-Ed