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    paying seams

    Hi All, I have a double hulled utility boat 26feet (if that matters?) Stripped most of the bottom, removed old red lead putty and old cotton. I...
    Thread by: rideaubill, Mar 31, 2010, 2 replies, in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    The hull is double planked. I have had a fair bit of water in it at one time, some leaks along some seams and along parts of the keel. Again I...
    Post by: rideaubill, Aug 19, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    Thanks!! Existing paint is not bad..I have scrapped so already..do need to do more, however the hull pic I posted is the reality of it.. one...
    Post by: rideaubill, Aug 19, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    Thanks Alan, I have dealt with smaller wooden boats many times from dingy's to canoes but this is my first double hull, I hear about westsystem...
    Post by: rideaubill, Aug 19, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    My bottom is actually in quite good condition...maybe I should just scrape, paint and caulk where it doesn't swell properly and call it a day...
    Post by: rideaubill, Aug 19, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    Wow WHAT A STRANGE SMALL WORLD...I KNOW THE HOUSE YOU ARE LOOKING AT.. Will email you from my private account..
    Post by: rideaubill, Aug 19, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    5200 bottom

    Hi all: well after a complete summer of rain and cool temps I have stripped all my topside and stained the entire 26ft utility craft of mine,...
    Thread by: rideaubill, Aug 18, 2009, 23 replies, in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    Few More Pics These are interior furnishings that I worked on over the winter inside
    Post by: rideaubill, Jun 23, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    new pics...and one of the canoe I finished for good measure!!
    Post by: rideaubill, Jun 23, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    been gone working Been busy all spring working on my boat..It's coming along Fixed some loose planking, stripped all the topsides..still...
    Post by: rideaubill, Jun 23, 2009 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    Thanks Par? no concerns of looking at the condition of the fasteners? I would need to remove all finish to get to them right?..should I also...
    Post by: rideaubill, Dec 22, 2008 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    Thanks Tony! I will keep your email! As all of us in Canada knows it's gotten to cold to be working outside. (my project it tarped rather...
    Post by: rideaubill, Dec 22, 2008 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    My new project needing advice

    Thank you Par! will do, was hoping to have some time off this week with the great weather but "not to be" up here in Canada, the weather is a...
    Post by: rideaubill, Nov 6, 2008 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration