THE BIG DAY

Three cheers for GmshermanGood,

 

Great job, Great boat and it fits the slip too.

 

Some day I'll be joining you, I hope.

Well done, you should be proud.

CB

Pictures of 1962 50' CC Constellation hitting the water

Hey Kreuz,

Photos are on page three....check it out. And yea you are definetly on for the grand cruise.......

uploading photos

Hey old man (kruez),

 

You have a special invite to the grand opening cruise. Which I believe should take place probably around Sept. in Miami. As we get closer I'll let you know.

 

But right now I got aproblem. I can't install the upload program to uplaod my new pics. Any suggestions?

 

Geo

She's in the water!!!!

Hey Kreuz,

 The ole 62 finally hit the water last Friday in Miami. I'll be posting pics this weekend aalong with some narrative. Friggin awesome!!!!!!

George

Ahoy, All

  Thanks for letting me come aboard. I'm just getting back into boat building, so I'm looking forward to sharing ideas with everybody. To tell you a little bit about me, I live in New Iberia, La. I grew up on boats, I'm a sailor at heart. I run a crawfish pond and shrimp boat during their respective seasons.

 

  My first boat project was a restoration of a 1958 14' teak Yellowjacket (Jean Autry boats built in Houston in the 50's) when I was 15. That was a while back in 1976.

 

  My current project is a 35' Laffite skiff trawler. I'm going to start laying the keel this weekend. I'll post pictures and some of my construction techniques as work progresses. Originally these boats were built of wood, then fiberglass over wood, but nowdays most all are of fiberglass construction.

 

  I was going go with fiberglass over wood, but I met a man from Morgan City a few days ago and he showed me something new. Its called Enviro-Shield. They have been using it on oil field equipment. Its lighter than fiberglass, and virtually indestuctable.

 

  If you want to take a look at what my wife and I do for a hobby go to sail.to/captainscottsplace 

Nanaimo BC Canada Shipwright

Hello Folks:  I just joined your group and am sending my first ( of many ) message to all you enthusiasts of the wooden boat builders group. I,m Al, and have been around boats all my life. ( I,m 51 ) I,m a shipwright by trade ( and by choice lol ) and wouldn,t want it any other way. I was first introduced to this way of life when i was more of a nusiance than a help lol. My granddad was a shipwright in the Halifax Shipyards in Nova Scotia, and would always take me with him whenever he could. I fell in love with the way these magnificent structures were put together, and haven,t stopped ever since. Before I put you all to sleep, I  just wanted to say hello and thank the folks here for letting me join all of you in this group.  Happy Puttering All............Al

starting on the weekender

Well I got my plans finally and began gluing the laminated keel last night.  I'll post some pics of the project soon.

Extracting broken screws

Hoping you guys can help a novice from down under in New Zealand. I have removed a fitting from the teak toe rail above the transom on my boat. One of the screws was steel, the other two bronze. The bronze ones came out no problem, but the steel one had rusted half way down the shank and broke upon extraction. The broken end is just visible in the woodwork.

 

Do any of you know a way to remove the screw in such a way that another bronze one may be used? Even if it's a bigger shaft size.

 

Thanks, Ray.