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Sorry... I thought the aluminum operating windows were restricted to just the last years of production wood boats. This particular boat is the 1966 Thompson (Peshtigo) offshore cuddy cabin 20+ footer. The cabin side windows are fixed but cabin front windows and windshield both have the aluminum fram...

I searched Restoration for earlier discussions of aluminum window parts. Several people said they fabricated new windows from scratch, using the old windows as patterns. Is the gasket material for aluminum windows available from any source? It differs from the gasket used on fixed windows set in woo...

Hi Ron! Welcome aboard! You beat me. I've been driving my Thompson since '68 so I'm just a young pup. My father bought it new in '66, one of the last of the wood boats from Peshtigo - a 20' cuddy cabin.

Small world - I'm IEEE also.

George

That was a trick question, Andreas. I had a "professional" wood boat guy looking at the hull and he didn't see any problem with the West System an earlier hack had spread along the lap seams after an attempt with 3M 5200 had just resulted in six foot long caulk strings peeling off the hull...

So Andreas, do you have an opinion on the subject of applying a fillet (polysulfide or polyurethane) to the laps to reduce leaks?

Just out of curiosity, what would you think of a fillet of West System epoxy applied to the laps to seal them?

George

W Guy, get some yarn or string and hold a piece to the hull under the helm and stretch the other end tight over the transom, the same distance out from the keel at each end. You can do this even while the boat is sitting on the trailer. I'll bet at some point your hull is concave. If the string isn'...

Is anyone else out there noticing their boat leaking more after sitting through winter storage? Last spring when I launched, I was worried the bilge pump might run down the battery -- it was cycling that often. No repairs or changes were made over that winter. The boat did leak a bit when it went in...

Andreas, this boat used to be operated on a lake with sandy beaches and, since someone else was paying the maintenance bills, we used to run the bow up on the sand. That accounted for continually wearing down the outer keel cap at the bow. The past decade the boat's been moored on a ball and operate...

I was kinda hopin' to get the parts ordered and delivered in advance since I'm running out of summer. I know the hull is bolted to the ribs; is the keel screwed or bolted? BTW On one of the posts with lots of pictures of the hull planks pulling out of the keel - nails exposed and light shining betwe...

Andreas, I know from reading the forums that I should use silicon bronze screws and Boat Life caulk (not an adhesive like 3M 5200) when removing and re-sealing the out keel / keelson / garboard strake junction to stop leaks. What size screws do I order for a '68 Peshtigo 20' Offshore? Someplace I re...

For fifteen years I've lived with a hull hog so bad that anything over half-throttle was more exciting than an E-ticket ride. When I first got the boat and a marina hand decided to take it for a spin, he opened it up and was thrown to the deck when the boat listed to hard port while simultaneously t...

I can understand how to fair hull dings but does anyone have a recommendation for product and method to repair the original 90 degree edge of a lapstrake plank when it's torn or dented? Do you sand first or just remove loose fibers and leave it rough? Would something like aluminum angle stock covere...

I'll preface this with an apology to Andreas - my Thompson is a working boat and I'm looking to take advantage of modern chemistry rather than always duplicating factory methods. Does anyone recommend putting a flood coat of epoxy over the varnished transom? My boat (66 Off Shore Cruiser) is anchore...

Don, I guess the only reason I never noticed the floor unfastened before was because the boat originally had twin Johnson 80s and the dealer installed slim 20 gallon fuel tanks port and starboard. The top of the straps holding the tanks were screwed to the ribs and the bottom to the floor. That held...

Tape measure musta slipped when I was doing the gunwhale... I've got that setup you mentioned. The riser running along the edge of the floorboards is screwed to the ribs. But instead of the floor sitting directly on it, I've got 1x2s that run crosswise. The floor screws to them. They are attached to...