What's
the right way to Patch a Wooden Canoe?
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Ivan
would like some help in
identifying his 14' clinker
built, sailing dinghy and advice on how best to restore her.
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Is
this boat to far gone to be restored, asks Tom.
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Curtis
has concerns about the process of cleaning the bottom of his wooden 55'
Stephens when she is hauled out.
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What
is the best treatment for removing/replacing corroded bronze
screws on a clinker built Folkboat?
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Can
anyone help Dave to identify the canoe he is restoring???
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Wathara's
1949, Wooden, Sharpie, Sailboat took in water when
launched.
Should
he try to fix the problem or cut his losses?
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How
should Derek repair cracked ribs and replace some planks
on his 1966 37ft Egg?
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Jeremy,
in the UK, wants some advice on repairing the taped
seams on his Miracle Dinghy.
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Mary wants
to know how to ready her pretty little Wooden
Norwegian Lapstrake for the water.
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Were will
Gemma find the ‘serial code' on her 19ft half
cabin cruiser?
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How
and with what should Adam replace old ‘chinking' on his 1952
Lind Motor Yacht?
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How
do I repair a leaking Pine Deck on a 30 foot 1939-built
Wooden Gaff Cutter, asks Paul in Plymouth, UK.
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What
is the best way to plug a hole left by
a through hull fitting, asks Howard in Virginia.
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‘Neptune'
would like
suggestions on how to begin restoration of an historic, one off, ‘Stony
Lake
Sailing Canoe'.
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Gilly
in Leeton, NSW wants to know how replacing
the inboard with two outboards will affect the centre of gravity of a
60 year
old 28ft Custom Bay Cruiser.
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How
can Rich find the year of registration of his
'Old Town Lapstrake'?
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Any
tips for Matt on how to restore a 1920 Dan Kidney cedar strip duck
skiff.
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Matt
wants to know how long can he can leave his 1963 43' wood vessel out of
the water while repairing her, down in the Florida Keys.
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Can
anyone help Ann Marie to identify the wooden
double ended, carvel built, project boat, she found in Co. Clare,
Ireland? |
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What
is the best way to turn a boat over?
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Can
anyone please help RC in Kansas City to
identify the boat he is in the process of making a great job of
restoring?
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Anyone
got any advice for Nick on what do with a bilge full of ferro-cement?
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Greg
wants to know the best way to replace Bilge Stringers on his1940 Trumpy.
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Alan, from Auckland, New Zealand wants some
advice on the best way to refurbish his boat's worn Teak Deck.
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Keith in Underhill, Vermont would like some
advice on restoring this Penn Yan Captivator that the lucky devil was
given
after he found her in a barn.
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Simon
wants some advice about a 1947, Correct Craft,
Wood Boat, restoration project that he has spotted on ‘craigslist'.
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Rick
has just bought a 31 ft, ‘59 Richardson Express Cruiser'.
He
would like advice, as to how to proceed with her
restoration.
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 Missy has just bought this superb
looking, 1962 Youngquist cruiser.
The
question is, should she or shouldn't she have taken her checkbook with
her when she first went to look at her? |
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Can
anyone help DD to find a steering snout for his Bueler jet drive on a
1963 Century Resorter?
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Robbie,
in Lodi, Ca, wants some advice about fiberglassing the bottom of his
1960 Trojan Cabin Cruiser. |
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Hand
Toe Rails.
What
is the best way to fasten teak the rails to the
fore-deck asks John, from N.S.W Australia?
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Do rust stains on the planking mean the iron fasteners are failing?
c |
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 Wayne
in Bairnsdale, Australia has some questions about replacing
the rub rails his 40ft timber cruiser with Spotted Gum (Corymbia maculate).
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What
is the best way to prevent rot developing the wet bilges of the
Picaroon Patience? |
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Ken
would like some advice on caulking very wide seams on the very dry hull
of his 13ton Hillyard ketch
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Eric in Boston wants some advice
on restoring the foredeck of his
1959
Hiliner Fleetstar |
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John is
concerned about his
"sacrilegious" ideas for rebuilding his 56 Century Resorter
18.
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Mr S Strachan in the
Shetland Isles wants advice on replacing a ‘board' on his
21ft boat.
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| Mike
wants to know if there is an
optimum position for the mast position when converting to Junk Rig from
Bermudan. |
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McDuff
has some
questions about refurbishing his 1940's, Lowell's, Amesbury
Skiff
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Craig
has some questions about using Tung Oil on his 1947 Larson
Speed
Runabout. |
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What
is the best product to strip my paint and varnish covered
boat?
How
do I
find the year and make of my boat?
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What
is the best way to restore and refinish the Old Oak Hatch doors
on her 70ft, 1925, Tugboat, asks Juli from Seattle.
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 Can
anyone help Nancy to
identify the Boat that she has just
bought?
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What is
the best way to repair the wood damage on this
boat? Asks
Kenny
form St Petersburg, FL.
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Craig
in
Minnesota, USA. wants to know the best kind of hand held power sander
to
strip old finish off?
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Bigtrout
from Washington wants to know;
what
the best product is for covering the screw heads on his
plywood 9'pram?
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 Robin
in Victoria, BC,
Canada would like some suggestions for a temporary way to stop a
constant
leak on the starboard rear quarter of his 1964 Sather 36' Sea C
Strider.
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Claude
from Toronto wants to know what product to use to re-caulk his old
century boat.
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Nordic
Folkboat Lene has stained water oozing from the
line
between the last
clinker strake and the cast iron keel. Is this a
problem?
l/c
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Bill
from Kemtpville in Canada is restoring a 1959 Andress Utility
Boat.
 He
wants to know the best way to redo the top deck seams.
Also
what is the best way to re-caulk her bottom.
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Glassing
an Antique Woodie Hull.
Scott
in British Columbia, Canada, would like some advice on the process and
products used, etc.
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Steve
needs
to rewire his battery and would like to know how to fit and isolation
switch.
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Karmina
would like to know how you use your boat.
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A woodboat
Question from Lee in
Sacramento, California, would like some guidance on the approximate
value of a 1958 Westcoaster, 17 ft. boat in good
condition?
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Tom,
from Ontario, Canada, would like some suggestions on how to improve his
first boat.
Sadly
not an old wooden boat but a Grampian 23. |
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Darren
from Costa Rica has an urgent woodboat question question about repairs
to his trimaran La Hookah
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 Peter and
Annie in
Australia have woodboat questions about the restoration of Wobbygong.
They
have some questions regarding plank repair.
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 A
poor little Fairey Marine Duckling
with No Name.
She is about to be
restored by Gill in
Winchester.
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Re-decking a 1974 Trojan Sea Raider hardtop
express
with twin inboards.
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Frankee's Mourne Lass
Frankee is restoring an MFV in Devon in the UK.
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