GREETINGS THOR

 Glad to have you in the group, let the quesions roll.

 

CB

Nautolex Decking - Colors

Does anyone know of a distributor for the Nautolex decking (with the lines) in the teak color (all I can locate is white).

I have seen on their main site (overseas) that it comes in white plank, new teak, gray teak and grey walnut. It seems all that is sold here in the states is "white plank" color.

 

http://boat.no/jens-sagen-e/nautolex-dorktrekk-e.htm

 

If anyone know of a source for the others please let me know.

 

Thanks

 

Ivan Ogburn

aogburn1@houston.rr.com

Decking Question

I am about to replace the deck (floorboards) on my boat (1950s non-wood). Of course the old deck was marine plywood, covered with carpet

Before I go out and replace it with the exact same (and boring) decking is there anything else available that would have more style than plywood and carpet?

Could I use individual decking boards? (like teak)

Is there available some fancy type of marine plywood with a look similar to that of old wooden boat decking (with cording)?

 

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

 

Ivan

First Time Advice

I am about to bring home my first all wooden boat, a 1964 20' Cruisers Inc Super Vacationer. The previous owner has stated there were issues with leakage around the keel and that in the past 4 years he had made a repair to a small section around the keel (1'x 2' either side of Keel) using epoxy.

 

I have read a lot, both pro and con, about the use of epoxy patches and repairs (like the West System) on wooden boats. Being a first time wood boat restorer, I want to make sure I do the job correctly and that all my work will last as long as the boat.

 

I guess I am fortunate that 1) I am a long time woodworker (mostly furniture), 2) I am very familiar with composites and plastics (I have designed small composite aircraft and was an engineer for Hexcel composites) and 3) I initially have very little money sunk into this vessel. But I really want to proceed along the correct path and make as few mistakes as possible (at least no unrecoverable mistakes).

 

Without trying to start a giant debate – I really would appreciate any sage advice from all of the members of this group. Should I start ripping out all of the soft wood (probably the entire keel) or just go the West System method?

 

Thanks

 

Ivan

GREETINGS X 2

,  A big welcome to both "angletontom" and "Ivan". Glad to add you people to the group. Feel free to share your interest or projects or problems with the group.

 

CB

FALL UPDATE

 The end of summer work is upon us. Its getting to cold at night to do any epoxy work during the day. I have moved onto some fun things, installing fittings in the tanks,putting in the overboard pump out system to use where legal (we have both black water and gray water), installing bilge pumps and float switches in all 10 water tight compartments, and the SNAKE RIVER fluid level gages in all 8 tanks. A lot of time has gone into laying out the hatches in the sole for access to plumbing and wiring. The batter box is in and the main cables have been made. With the hull and deck closed in and heavy plastic over the bulk of the boat its not to bad to keep some heat in. Next week we will start insulating the engine room with thermal and noise insulation. Right after we get the engines winterized that is. The latest photo's uploaded to day are #216 thru 219 which brings the photo album up to date.

 

CB

Gentleman Racers Wooden Pictures-Near Complete

 

I have added some new pictures of my gentleman's racer as it near completion.

 

Click on the picture of the framed hull with the red motor found on Page 1 in the top left corner of the Photo Albums

 

http://groups.msn.com/WoodenBoatBuilder/muskokaboats.msnw?albumlist=2

 

It would be great if My boat could be added to the Antique and Classic section as well as the boat projects section

 

Enjoy the pictures and if you like the album go to my web site,

http://www.portcarlingboats.com

 

enjoy the boats,

 

neil

Row Boats

"Don't you sometimes want to sneak off to a small, secret lake for some solitary fishing? In that situation a boat that is too large can be as out of scale as a eight weight fly rod on the other end of an eight inch cutthroat". - Greg Tatman http://gregboats.com/pages/rowboats.html

Sail Boats

Taken from the cover of Building Small Boats by Greg Rossel. A wonderful easy to read and understand book. Greg does a really good job educating the reader about building traditional small craft.

My boatbuilding

heres a site with far to many woodworking tips

http://www.theworkshop.net/Tips/wood_tips/woodwork_tips.htm#band -

Hi heres a good site with lots and lots  I meam lots of tips for woodworking using the bandsaw,table saw,mitre saw,sanding, and finishing and much much more.

bogsdolics.