With a wooden boat you have to sort of accept the idea that the current boat is an exact size template of the boat your going to build.
Maybe you won't build the whole boat at once but over the years you will rebuild a whole lot of it!
With a wooden boat you have to sort of accept the idea that the current boat is an exact size template of the boat your going to build.
Maybe you won't build the whole boat at once but over the years you will rebuild a whole lot of it!
I once owned this for a year. This is the before picture.
My partner/co-owner was very good at this stuff. He could build a wooden boat. Sold before completed due to the fact that he was leaving this area to go work for Boston Whaler in R&D dept.
Was a 1950's local crafted custom boat. Sold to someone else who was going to complete. I have lost track of it but it is still in the area.
We got it to water tight but still needed drive train work.
In reply to Toyman01 :
How sadistic are you?
sleepyhead said:
I read every word over breakfast this morning.. quite a story.
dculberson said:sleepyhead said:I read every word over breakfast this morning.. quite a story.
It's my day off after working all weekend, so I got a slow start. I finished reading it before I got out of bed!
So where's the build thread?
You obviously have a love of boats, so go for it!
Working at MerCruiser cured me of any desire to ever own something that moves on the water.
Appleseed said:If I remember correctly, there are no surviving early WWII PT boats.
New Orleans WWII museum has one. You can pay for a ride on it.
I took a look at it this afternoon. It's not a complete basket case, but it's not pretty either. The entire boat needs to be stripped down to the wood and painted. Whoever did it last time must have done a poor job of prepping it and a lot of the paint is turning loose. It also looks like the bottom may have been glassed at some point and some of that glass work is turning loose. That's usually the sign of bad things underneath. The trailer is a basket case. The running gear is pretty much trashed. It also doesn't fit the boat very well.
All in, it's a little more project than I want so, moving on.
In reply to Toyman01 :
That is the issue with wood boats. Too often they get a quick splash of paint/ varnish before they are put on the market.
As long as the wood is solid stripping no them and parts bring/ varnishing them is not terribly hard.
If you want a really good deal on wood boats check out Boneyard Boats on the web. Some are just trash but there are some really great deals there too.
Appleseed said:A wooden boat will make an airplane look cheap.
A wood winged airplane makes a Lear jet"s operating expenses look cheap
Appleseed said:If I remember correctly, there are no surviving early WWII PT boats.
PT-305 is available for rides or lease on Lake Ponchatrain.
Toyman01 said:I took a look at it this afternoon. It's not a complete basket case, but it's not pretty either. The entire boat needs to be stripped down to the wood and painted. Whoever did it last time must have done a poor job of prepping it and a lot of the paint is turning loose. It also looks like the bottom may have been glassed at some point and some of that glass work is turning loose. That's usually the sign of bad things underneath. The trailer is a basket case. The running gear is pretty much trashed. It also doesn't fit the boat very well.
All in, it's a little more project than I want so, moving on.
Well done, only moderately sadistic i guess?
Have you dumped the Sea Ray yet?
A bit off topic but I have a Century CTS with a tits up Chevy 454 if any one wants it. It ain't free but it is cheap
In reply to TRoglodyte :
The Sea Ray is officially a junk boat, as in the SCDNR has been notified that it is destroyed. The only thing lacking is stripping it and hauling the hull to the dump. That is on my list of things to do. If anyone wants it, it's free. You won't be able to register it in SC though.
This guy built a wooden boat from scratch on Youtube- including sawing the planks, if I am remembering correctly.
In reply to Brett_Murphy :
these guys are using trees (mostly) that were planted by his great-grandpa, that they're cutting down themselves...
Toyman01 said:In reply to TRoglodyte :
The Sea Ray is officially a junk boat, as in the SCDNR has been notified that it is destroyed. The only thing lacking is stripping it and hauling the hull to the dump. That is on my list of things to do. If anyone wants it, it's free. You won't be able to register it in SC though.
Just curious, how do you dispose of a hull? I've seen a couple trailers that would be great for my boat if they didnt have a dead hull on them. I've seriously thought about picking one up but I'm not sure I could drop the hull at the local landfill. I dont want the trouble of cutting one up before tossing it.
In reply to ultraclyde :
You pretty much have to cut them up, wood and Fiberglas boats are cut up with a chainsaw or occasionally on smaller boats a sawzall. Metal boats with a torch.
They are cut into flattish pieces and tossed into a dumpster. Engines etc are usually scrapped, occasionally saved and resold.
I assume you know about this site but if not go here and you will get lots of inspiration. For the second boat you posted I would find the Harbormaster called today thread and start reading. There are a few other Epic threads on there.
http://forum.woodenboat.com/index.php
I think a free boat is the most expensive one you can acquire but that probably wouldn't stop me if I had the space and time. I have dreams of building Vivier's llur some day.
klb67 said:I assume you know about this site but if not go here and you will get lots of inspiration. For the second boat you posted I would find the Harbormaster called today thread and start reading. There are a few other Epic threads on there.
http://forum.woodenboat.com/index.php
I think a free boat is the most expensive one you can acquire but that probably wouldn't stop me if I had the space and time. I have dreams of building Vivier's llur some day.
Yes, they certainly can suck up money especially if you pay others to work on it for you.
But some boats just call for you. I’ve got a real soft spot for Chris Craft. Big 1950’s cruisers especially. That and the right sailboat. Clipper bow, Cruiser stern, not too much freeboard, Schooner rigged.
Pure lust
Time lapse video of dismantling a Schock 35 Sailboat and throwing it in a dumpster. Roughly $300 will get you a roll off dumpster delivered and hauled away from your location.
I've cut fiberglass. Cutting up a glass boat with a chainsaw is not something I'll be doing. I could drop most of the boats I'm talking about in a roll-off without cutting them up (if it fits it ships, right?) but by the time i pay for the roll off I might as well just buy a more expensive trailer that doesn't have the hassle. This what I keep coming back to. Just not worth the aggravation.
If at all into Wood Boats and you want to get scared straight or hooked hard, go on YouTube and watch Acorn to Arabella or Restoring Tallyho. Total Gonzo boat building projects. The sheer audacity boggles the mind.
Acorn to Arabella is two non sailors who decide they can build a boat starting from trees and zero boat building experience.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAiDWnTP0WB1xCp6uuUo0VA
Restoring Tallyho is a project to restore a 100 year old boat that would have been easier to build from scratch. Not much of the original left, but an amazing voyage. The method of creating the frames ( ribs) by finding oak trees that have the right bends to the limbs blows my mind.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg-_lYeV8hBnDSay7nmphUA
Pete
frenchyd said:In reply to ultraclyde :
You pretty much have to cut them up, wood and Fiberglas boats are cut up with a chainsaw or occasionally on smaller boats a sawzall. Metal boats with a torch.
They are cut into flattish pieces and tossed into a dumpster. Engines etc are usually scrapped, occasionally saved and resold.
Get a buddy with a boat and go out for a short cruise... with a big cordless hole saw? Two boats go out... one comes back... 
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