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The old time chriscraft restorers use burlap bags (gunny sacks) and rub accross the grain to prevent lifting the filler from the wood grain. I still have a few pieces of burlap and have found that to be the best material to prevent lifting and getting a good fill. Just my 2 cents. Mike

I'm renovating a 1959 Sea Lancer and want to know what the potential leak sources are on that boat. I assume one of the biggies is along the keel where the bottom pieces meet. How bout the laps themselves. They look very solid to me. And the joint where the bottom meets the bottom of the transom? Al...

thanks for debunking an apparent urban legend re antifreeze. Probably saved me some heartache. Mike

I put the original floor pieces in my Sea Lancer tonight to see how they fit. All went well. I noticed a shaded area along each side that looked like a piece of moulding of some kind goes there. Can anybody tell me what goes there? Thanks, Mike ps. Had a couple of small spots of rot on the transom w...

I found that the gunnell (gunwhale) strake and gunnell cap on my boat were both stained dark walnut brown. The rest of the mahogany is the standard red/mahogany. Also, the rub rail was painted white and I noticed on some of the boats they are stained and varnished. I'm not totally constipated about ...