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Crack repair on the bottom board 
I am very new to wooden boat repair. I purchased a 10' Chaisson Semi Dory refinishing project and have it in my basement workshop. All of the …

Merged Short Q & As 
What paint should I use on my exterior 64 penn yan wooden boat. Looks like oil?

wooden row boat 
Hi - i have a 14 wooden row boat in need of some repairs. I am not sure how to proceed, I was thinking I would start by stripping off the old layers …

10’ Lapstrake/Clinker Style Row Boat Refinishing  
How to best approach refinishing the exterior hull of this lapstrake? It’s 25+ years old, never touched water, hung in the rafters as a prop, looks …

Scraped Keel 
Hello everyone. I have a an older (1970) 27' wooden cruiser. We slid up on a rock ledge and it left a long moderate scrape along the starboard edge …

The floor in the bilge of my 28' Lyman. 
Hi Folks! the previous owner of my 1965 28' Lyman took out all the wood flooring in the bilge. I've painted it all with many coats of bilge paint but …

1965 Cayuga Boat Company  
1965 Lapstrake Cayuga 16' I purchased this in the fall of 2021. There were soft spots on the bottom, now corrected. A few new oak ribs. …

Aluminum strips on the back deck of my Lyman 
I have those t shaped strips between the pieces of deck on my 28' 1965 Lyman. Can anyone tell me how to get a real nice shine on them? Thanks for …

Keel repair for a 1946 former lifeboat 
Hi all, I bought, without a survey, Salotean, a former lifeboat built from wood by Harland & Wolff in 1946. She was attached to cruise liners for …

Sloop Restoration, Keel Repairs 
Hello DIY Wood Boat Community: I have begun quite a project to restore a 1979 30' Sloop. This restoration will occur over the next few months here …

cold moulded mahogany strip, epoxy or no epoxy? 
hi I have recently stripped my topsides attend to a few seams and what not . I was planning on using epoxy and then a uv varnish ontop, however I'm …

hull to kell seal in through bolt  
I have a wooden boat 26 feet aldin design built in 1918. Repaired in 1970s with polyester fiber glass shell over hull refastened with bronze. New …

Help with transom repair 
Recently acquired a mostly finished wood boat. Builder apparently became ill before his wife then donated to local boat museum where it sat partially …

Small Cracks along seam of Wooden dinghy 
I've acquired a custom, 3 year old wooden dinghy, and there are thin (less than 1/16") cracks along a seam above the waterline. (Boat is built w/ Marine …

Boat/marine Nomenclature 
I am restoring a '59 Elgin runabout and most parts are intact but some missing. One of the problems I have is knowing what some "thing" is actually …

Help with Steering rigging installation for 1958 Penn Yan Runabout 
I am looking for guidance or even a quick Zoom call regarding the installation of cable steering rigging into my recently restored 13’ 1958 Penn Yan Runabout. …

C-boat rib separation. 
I have a 1967 Melges c-scow. It measures 20 f. I have done quite a bit of work repairing cracks and gouges in the bottom as well as the now end …

Keel / Stem Restoration 
My father and I are in the process of restoring an old '56 Penn Yan Swift. Boat looks to be in good condition and have gotten it out on the water a …

1953 14ft Wooden Runabout Restoration 
Hello, I’m new to the forum and super-new to wooden boats. I’m attempting a restoration of a 14ft runabout, hopefully not biting off more than I …

Advice on refinishing the little plywood Sailboat my father build in the 60's 
I am the new keeper of a 12 by 6 foot plywood boat that my father built in the 1960's. It has been stored indoors and dry (mostly in TX and NM) for …

Wooden rudder 
I am not a boat enthusiast so I know very little. We are moving house and in the shed we have a solid wood rudder which has been there for years. …

keel restoration 
Hello guys, due to some water leaks I decided to remove the painting on my 70 years old sailing boat and check the state of the wooden keel. there are …

Three piece windshield bracket 
Hi, I am restoring a 1952 Wagemaker Wolverine. It is 14 feet long and is constructed of cold molded mahogany. I have most of the original hardware …

1948 15ft Plywood motor boat Restoration - Sydney, Australia 
Hello everyone, I am restoring a 15ft, 1948 plywood motor boat, and would like to know what your thoughts are on what methods to use. I have previous …

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Seam preparation. 
I have traditional Arab sailing boat called a Jahazi built in Lamu, Kenya. She is about 70 foot. In Lamu we caulk every few months and I want to …

3 pieces of bottom paint chipped on Century boat 
Hi Mike, My 16ft. 1949 Century plywood hull boat recently developed 3 areas that leak. Paint is chipped off and I need to make it watertight again. …

What is the best material and method to seal the planks of a Mahogany Cabin on a 1956 Monk Motor Yacht? 
Hello. I own a 1956 Monk 40 Ft Bridgedeck Motor Yacht. I have several topside Cabin leaks. I am wondering what is the best material to use when …

Plywood boat seam restoration 
I am trying to restore an old Mirror and I am finding it very difficult to find info online about how to seal the seams between the plywood construction. …

Borum Star Chief  
Hi, I was recently given a borum star chief 15ft. I was woundering if anyone has a picture of an original boat so I can see what it was supposed to …

Restoration of 1907 Mylne design 32' canoe stern 
Mylne design 1907. She's been in side the shed for 4 years and really dried out. Almost see through gaps in some of the planking below the water …

Stem Repair/Replacement on my 1964 24ft Chris Craft 
I own a 1964 24ft Lapstrake Hull, Chris Craft. I have sistered 80 % of the frames but want to repair/teplace the Stem in the Bow. Any Suggestions. …

sealing seams of teak bottom planks on 12' skiff heidi 
Hi- I am doing some restoration work on the 12 ft skiff- heidi. It has a lapstrake hull and flat bottom cross-planked with teak deck boards. What …