Search results

I was thinking the same. I'm not sure what the boat is framed the way to is. The frames sit on top of the inner keel and battens. This is good as water can pass, but if they were let into the battens the floor would be almost an inch lower. Seems to me that inch would make it easier to hide...

Hi Rick, I've removed everything can be removed from the inside of the boat without cutting the hull. I think the easiest way to repair the hull is to replace a few large sections. As soon as I can find someone to help me flip the hull over I will start removing sections of the hull. I'...

I have most of it out and now it makes sense. It is a butt joint in the plywood. I do not have the plans yet and I'm not sure if this was in the design -- if it was, it shouldn't have been.

I heading out in search of some marine plywood today. I stopped into a local boat builder, they build "chaloupe Vercheres". They build traditional small wooden that were used for hunting on the St. Lawrence. There is a nice little write up on them here: ...

Hey Eric, That is a different crew. I did a tour on the lake a couple of years ago and I counted 17 setups. He says sink box hunting is cold, but it's much better than a layout. In a layout you laying flat on you back on the water and it just sucks the heat from you. In a sink box ,it can be...

Eric - I'm not sure. It looks like some sort of marine plywood like BS 1088 but the glue has failed and it is completely delaminated in spots which I don't think should happen with that kind of plywood. So far it looks like I need a few pieces of odd sizes 18"x56", 8"x36" and a couple of...

Thanks for that link Eric... I downloaded the Gougeon Boat Repair manual -- lots of stuff there, but nothing on separating wood bonded together with epoxy -- I've sent them a question. I'm still puttering with the sander. Really, I'm just removing the paint epoxy and sketching out the...

I got the boat in the garage and took the sander and scrapers to sections of the hull. There are 2 stringers or battens that run either side of the keel. Sanding the top of the inner keel - all looks good. As I sanded the inside of the plywood either side of the keel, you can see the extent...

Eric - I'm sure that is what happened. The guy I bought it from did not know a lot about boats. It had no cover for the cockpit. Given the saturation of the wood, and that is no visible evidence of rot, I'm guessing it was left outside and was filled with water. I should have looked further...

I have a small workshop that is full... we recently moved and I had to squish into a lat smaller space. I've spent the morning prioritizing, down-sizing and re-organizing. I cannot get the boat in the shop, but I'm going to need to get everything on mobile bases as I will only have room to run...

I quickly built a cockpit cover this morning and filled in a bunch of holes from removing eye screw with thickened epoxy. I was thinking about heading to the cabin this afternoon, but I got looking at those floor boards and thought I'd change them. They were screwed down to the frames and I'd...