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Any tips on cleaning the vinyl that covers the decking of the boat. The Grey does not look bad but the white is a bit stained. I tried soap and water which got some of stains off but not everything. Some of the dirt is down in the texture of the vinyl and will not come out.

One last picture, my fathers other boat

Is there anywhere to get replacement parts like the compass on the dash?

A couple pictures of the work being done now

We are thinking about doing some modifications to the boat. Like I said we are not going for an original restoration and are considering replacing the current seats with some wooden seats that we would build ourselves and installing a fuel tank under the bow. Both of these changes would be to make t...

We did a bit more work in the boat. We jacked/hoisted it up in my fathers barn to take the motor off and get to the keel. The keel is pretty rough in the front where the 2 pieces meet. We are going to scrape as much of the old caulk out and recaulk then add a few extra screws. I think at least one i...

Here is a picture of the seem that is leaking. It may be leaking along the whole seem but this is the worst spot. Sorry for the large size, does anyone know a way to resize a the image when posting using the Img option? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aY9K-y5vJM8/VUth6wItfOI/AAAAAAAAUGo/EA_Ptwe3-...

Thank you for that information. Sorry for the late reply, work on the boat was put off completely until now We started to get into what needs to be repaired yesterday. One big thing is a pretty significant leak in the transom. The seam where 2 of the boards butt up against each other just below the ...

Hello I wanted to post here to get some information to help my father out with restoring his 60's Thompson Thomboy. For now my question in where I should look for some guides at to where to start. From the little we know about restoring a boat it seems like its in pretty good structural shape. My gr...