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Thanks, I like the boat overall. I wish the bow didn’t curve down towards the water. Although I have friends with a 97 brendella with an open bow, and I’m glad mine is closed. The water out here gets rough and have been in the 97 OB Brendella when we took on water in the open bow. I saw an old ad (wish I could find it) of a 94 short line and they were promoting the versatility of wood stringers. I’ll look for it again and share it if a find it.

Well this place has the most Brendella talk I could find, and it’s appreciated. I’m more and more confident my stringers are solid. I didn’t see where the company was based. I live on a saltwater fjord in rural Washington state. Not much for upholstery shops anywhere near here. I’ll be more serious about the cosmetics when I get it on the water.

I will upload some pics when I figure out how. First time using a forum. I’m 29 and should be tech savvy- but I’m not. What app do you guys use? I did the tap test a while back. Sounds solid all the way through. I’ll get it in the water and see if she runs well before I worry about the stringers anymore. The doghouse is in the best shape of the interior ha. Anyone ever heard of copy cat upholstery? It’s a company you can mail in tour old upholstery and they stitch new ones for you to reinstall yourself.

And go Cougs!

Thanks for the suggestion Mark, I’ll give that a shot.

Very cool thread. Enjoying to pictures of the old brendella! I see you made your own swim deck brackets, but I’m curious if you know if you can by then in ss? Are they somewhat generic? Mine is missing the swim deck, which I plan on building, but don’t have the capability of welding ss. I run my Brendella in saltwater so I don’t think powder coating will hold up very long. Thanks, Austin

Right on, I’ll look for it in that thread. Thank you. Also, good suggestion with the epoxy. I’ll leave that as an option of they are wood and need attention.

Hello, I am new to the forum here. I am glad I found a forum with talks about Ski Brendellas. I recently acquired a 95 pro comp. it has a 350 mag which was stuck from sitting, but after many days of spraying PB blaster in the cylinders, it freed up and runs great. One of my concerns is the stringers only this boat. I find a lot of conflicting statements online weather or not a 1995 has composite or wood stringers. I’m hoping someone here has some insight. I am trying not to get too far ahead on the restoration without knowing how to check the stringers. It seems even if they are wood, they would be encased in fiberglass? Other than that, I look forward to reading your threads and hope I can contribute from time to time. Thanks a lot, Austin from Union, wa