Floors are out - not thrilled
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 4:31 am
Last week I took apart the interior of my boat to remove the floors. What I found was not great, but not horrid I suppose. Very disappointed as this was sold to me by a broker as a very very solid boat structurally. I also talked to the "expert" who did the "Restoration" work. Got the same "It needs nothing" story. I couldn’t take the boat apart when I was first looking at it. Rookie Mistake. Lesson learned.
First, a stringer from sister to sister is rotted, so that's a replace, should be easy. The starboard sister, at this stringer, has a spot that is rotted. Appears via pick probing to be a 1/4 inch in, then solid. Plan as I type is to repair that for now. Next, in the bow, three ribs will need to be replaced. Rotted.
Also, many of the bolts securing bottom most laps to the garboards and as well laps to ribs hear and there are simply loose. Can these be tightened from the inside simply by turning the bolts tight? Or will that just spin the fastener?
Last, the construction of this boat is very different from what I have seen in the various pictures and diagrams I've seen on this site. I really like the design as it allows water to flow unobstructed bow to stern. Each rib runs under it both sisters and the keel. Pictures to follow (camera problems).
So, if I decide to keep it, this winter I'll be taking on the restoration that I didn’t want to take on. I love this kind of stuff, but have precious little time for it.
First, a stringer from sister to sister is rotted, so that's a replace, should be easy. The starboard sister, at this stringer, has a spot that is rotted. Appears via pick probing to be a 1/4 inch in, then solid. Plan as I type is to repair that for now. Next, in the bow, three ribs will need to be replaced. Rotted.
Also, many of the bolts securing bottom most laps to the garboards and as well laps to ribs hear and there are simply loose. Can these be tightened from the inside simply by turning the bolts tight? Or will that just spin the fastener?
Last, the construction of this boat is very different from what I have seen in the various pictures and diagrams I've seen on this site. I really like the design as it allows water to flow unobstructed bow to stern. Each rib runs under it both sisters and the keel. Pictures to follow (camera problems).
So, if I decide to keep it, this winter I'll be taking on the restoration that I didn’t want to take on. I love this kind of stuff, but have precious little time for it.