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thanks andrea, i have some photos i will send, there is a full bench seat up front and a rear bench seat also, the windshield is half missing [winter damage] but i have it, there is a metal brace for center of windshield [not sure if this was a addon], there is original red cushions with the boat, i...

hi all, looking to clarify my recently purchase of a wooden thompson boat, 1962 model year or so i am told, the transom width is 6 feet wide and 20.5 inche's high from the bottom to where the motor mount's, there is 32 inche's of freeboard, the lenght is 19 feet from tip of bow light to the transom ...

ok andreas, maybe you can help me now with my 1962 thompson built in cortland n.y., there are know coastgaurd plates, the lenght is 19feet, transom width is 6 feet, beam is 81.5 inches, freeboard is 32 inches high, hieght of transom from bilge to motor mounting is around 20.5 inches high the plate o...

hi, i would love to see a photo of your rib replacement work, i bought a 1962 thompson sealancer that was also built in cortland

thanks much
jeff
1962 17'2" thompson sea lancer

wow, i had no idea this was that horrible

what is the problem? the spelling is more visible.

HI EVERYONE, WHAT METHOD OF RIB INSTALLMENT DID CORTLAND BUILT BOATS USE?

THANKS MUCH
JEFF
62 THOMPSON SEA LANCER

THANKS AGAIN ANDREAS, I MEASURED THE BOAT QUICKLY WHEN I BOUGHT IT, IT SEEMED TO BE 18 FEET IN LENGHT, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT MAYBE SHE IS 17'-2", I WILL CHECK AGAIN WHEN I HEAD TO PHIPPSBURG NEXT WEEK.

HAVE A GREAT DAY
JEFF
1962 THOMPSON

THANKS FOR THE INFO ANDREAS, SO WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST METHOD OF REMOVAL OF RIBS ON A CORTLAND BUILT BOAT? DO THEY ATTACH FROM INSIDE THE HULL? I THOUGHT I NOTICED SOME NAILS OR SCREWS INSIDE THE HULL SIDE OF THE RIBS, THIS METHOD IF CORRECT WILL BE MUCH EASIER TO REPLACE RIBS, ARE THE RIBS TWO PIEC...

HI BRIAN, I OWN A SECOND HOME IN PHIPPSBURG MAINE, I AM RESTORING A 1962 THOMPSON, I AM NOT SURE THE MODEL, THE BOAT WAS BUILT IN CORTLAND N.Y. , I BELIEVE SHE IS 18 FEET IN LENGHT, BUT AM TOLD THEY DID NOT MAKE A 18 FOOTER IN 1962 FROM CORTLAND, ANYWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU ARE FROM MAINE, I AM DOING A ...

HI AGAIN KARL, I FOUND A SOURCE THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO ME FOR THE WHITE OAK LUMBER, HE A CAN DO MOST OF THE MILLING FOR ME, HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT SIDE OF THE RIB HAS THE QUARTER SAWN GRAIN? ANY PARTICULAR WAY TO MILL IT?

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
JEFF
1962 THOMPSON

YES THANK YOU KARL, THE RIBS ARE WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT MOSTLY, I FULLY UNDERSTAND NOW, THEY SLIP IN AND FASTEN IN THE CENTER [KEELSON], ONE FOR PORT
SIDE AND ONE FOR STARBOARD SIDE.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP.
GOOD DAY TO YOU
JEFF

1962 THOMPSON

HI EVRYONE, LOOKING FOR SUM INFO ON LAPSTRAKE CONSTRUCTION AND TYPE OF WOOD USED TO MAKE THESE, DID THOMPSON BOAT COMPANY IN CORTLAND N.Y. USE THE SAME LUMBER AS THE BOATS THAT WERE BUILT IN PESHTIGO, WISCONSIN? WHERE CAN I FIND SCREWS FOR INSTALLING THE WOOD LAPSTRAKES? ALSO NEED SCREWS TO HOLD THE...

NICE JOB KARL, LOOKING TO DO THIS ON MY 1962 THOMPSON, I WAS NOT SURE HOW TO REMOVE THE RIBS, ARE THEY ALWAYS ATTACHED THRU THE HULL? IS EACH RIB THAT YOU REPLACED A ONE PIECE RIB OR TWO PIECE RIB? WHAT SHOULD I USE FOR FASTENERS? MY BOAT IS IN PHIPPSBURG MAINE, ANY IDEAS WHERE I CAN FIND THE 1/4 SA...

HI EVERYONE, I AM WONDERING ABOUT THE BILGE PUMPS IF THEY WERE USED BACK IN THE ERA OF 1962? I DID NOTICE A BRASS SCREW PLUG TOWARDS THE TRANSOM ON THE STARBOARD SIDE OF THE BILGE AREA, WAS THIS THE ONLY MEANS OF KEEPING HER DRY?

THANKS MUCH
JEFF