Stringer check-pictures?

[oledb4]

Looking to buy a 1986 Nautique 2001. I want to check and make sure the stringers are not rotten. I've read that I should walk around the boat and check for soft spots. Also that I should bring a socket wrench and check the lag bolts as well as the engine mounts. And lastly to lift the up the wood covering the prop shaft and there are some bolts there I should check. Does anyone have a picture showing where the lag bolts and engine mounts are???

[oledb4]

Do the green circles indicate the bolts I need to check??

[TRBenj]

Yes and no. The bolts that go through the mounts themselves do not go into the stringers on boats that have an aluminum engine cradle. If you reach down, you'll notice that the stringer is scalloped out to allow clearance for these bolts, which have nuts on the underside of the cradle. The bolts that go through the cradle (and not the mounts) are lagged directly into the stringers.

You'll find better information to your questions about the older boats on Correctcraftfan.com.

[oledb4]

Yes and no. The bolts that go through the mounts themselves do not go into the stringers on boats that have an aluminum engine cradle. If you reach down, you'll notice that the stringer is scalloped out to allow clearance for these bolts, which have nuts on the underside of the cradle. The bolts that go through the cradle (and not the mounts) are lagged directly into the stringers.

You'll find better information to your questions about the older boats on Correctcraftfan.com.

Gotcha. Thanks bud.