Thank you for accepting my membership request.
I am NEW in the wooden boat world. I purchased a 23 foot Clippercraft 2 weeks ago. She was built in 1983 out of mahogany plywood. The owner of the boat painted her, I am not sure what kind of paint it is. The oringinal paint is still the only layer she has on. It has been stored in a garage all of its life 21 years. The paint at plywood ends at the transome has worn away the topside has small blisters on it.
The construction on the side gunnels are plywood strips screwed and epoxyed to a 1.5 inch strips creating a lapped plank look.
My big questions are. Do I need to strip all of the paint off the hull before I repaint her or can I sand the good paint and reapply a new layer? If I need to strip all the paint off will a heat gun distroy the epoxy bond between the plywood and 1.5 inch strips? Should I use an epoxy penitrator to seal the ends of the plywood. The boat will be on a trailer all the time with a week being the longest it will remain in the water can I use top paint for the bottom or is it recomended to use bottom paint? I plan to spend many hours on the Pacific ocean chasing salom and halibut.
attached is a picture of a simular boat. Unfortunitly I do not have a digital camera.
Thank you for any input you might have.
Steve
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