Wooden Boat Restoration

[Manie B]

Hi
you probably know these sites but just in case

http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/

http://www.cruiser.co.za/

i have spent a lot of time reading woodenboat but unfortunately have not come up with any good advice for you.

Hopefully some of the other members could help

i think you are probably the one and only that has got the balls to try this restoration in this country

i will keep on searching and hopefully learn in the process as well

keep you posted

[Manie B]

i just would think its not a good idea to be out in the open

even a shade net "roof" with a high pitch would deflect a lot of rain - summer is 3 months away

[Butch .H]

Hi Manie
Thanks. Dont leve her open. She has a big bok seil that I cover her with. I am going to tent her shortly.
Regards
Butch

[chowdan]

Hey Butch

She looks amazing! Alot of work but she looks great! I would love to be able to get my hands on something like her!

kind regards,
Jordan

[Butch .H]

Hi Jordan
Dont stop looking.Troll the yacht clubs use googl earth to spot boats in the back yards of suberbia. I did amazing how many boats are out there. You will find yours bet ya!

[chowdan]

Hey Butch.

I never thought of using google earth! thats a great idea! I've already started looking. How is she coming? you planning on restoring her to a yawl?

Jordan

[chowdan]

Forgot to ask, how big is she?

[Butch .H]

Hi Jordan
No Ill Keep the cutter rig. She is 33ft with out the bow sprit.Google earth realy works. Once you eye is tuned in you will find plenty boats.

Regards
Butch

[TeddyDiver]

Nice boat. There was a good article here in Finland about Estlander and his boats some time ago, but sorry, only in finnish. Trying to look it...

[Butch .H]

Any ad vice with this . How are they attached the other ends are on the boat naturally. I am not old enough to rememdber how the wooden ones were rigged

[Butch .H]

Hi Teddy .I have found very little on this subject any thing will help

Regards
Butch

[Landlubber]

Butch,

My advice would be to wait for a nice cold night and burn the bastard. It will at least give you some pleasure for a while.

Some things are just not worth restoring, they are cheaply built and have a service life.

Now all the do gooders can jump at me, i have spent my life restoring things, so i have a rough idea what is commercially resporable and have some useful life after restoration, " ya got to know when to hold 'e and know when to fold 'em"........just my opinion.

It is like some people spend tyears and buckets of money building a bad design, when it is finished it may be a piec of art, but it is still a bad design, it costs as much to make a bad design as it does to make a good design. In reality, you have an old sea boat, she looks OK in design, but was certainly cheaply constructed from day one, you cannot make a silk purse from a sows ear.

[Butch .H]

Thanks Landy . I get that a lot. As far as the restoration goes it is somthing I need to do(for myself). We have a number of boats we are looking to restore mainly steel . It is my first atempt at wood. I find it very forgiving as compared to Steel or GRP. I DO BURN THE BITS THAT i CUT OUT

Regards
Butch

[Landlubber]

Well mate, if it is theraputic for you, keep doing it, but if you had something worth restoring as well as being theraputic, it could become a valuable asset.

Not that everything has to be done for money at all, some restorations are done for family reasons, no worries, I just do not want to see you do all that work to no avail.

All the best my friend, if it makes you happy, that is one less person on earth we have to worry about.

[Butch .H]

Hi Landy
I consider the fact that there were only 23 of her type built a plus.She is well constructed pitch pine on oak.Some of the orginal deck is still in place but subsequent repairs by previous owners has caused deteriation of most of the deck.The hull is in good shape as is the electrics and motor. The sheet covering the hull needs touch up.

Regards
Butch