Re: Pointy Skiff on life support

lol. yes, my yard looks like a scene from Sanford and Son, only filled with boats, not junk. total count today is only 5...had a fleet reduction last year. Neighbors think I'm nuts although with all the rain we had, they were thinking that maybe Noah lived here.

David

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, Doug <dougpol1@...> wrote:
>
> come, on David, I have roted a boat or two by laying them upside down
> in the grass. I bet you have too. Fess Up!
> R There was a skiff laying around the marine up side down rotting.
> I didn't use lywood but I had some pine sideing boards and f sawed the
> toung off one side and put around the top of the skiff that has been a
> lot of years ago a long time tenant there recently told me she was still
> around. So it works.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> On 09/19/2011 02:56 PM, dnjost wrote:
> >
> > The deal is sealed. I found a couple bags of copper clench nails in
> > the cabinet downstairs. If it comes out poorly, I will just through
> > some dirt in it and plant tomatos.
> >
> > David
> >
> > --- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com<mailto:bolger%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "dnjost" <davidjost@> wrote:
> > >
> > > hey group.
> > >
> > > I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
> > > Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
> > > the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is
> > to the point that I won't got out in it.
> > >
> > > I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.
> > >
> > > Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut
> > a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique.
> > Has anyone tried this?
> > >
> > > Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.
> > >
> > > David jost
> > >
> >
> >
>

I liked the junbugs I have had used I built a pointy skiff this spring they are neat little boats I can see how you would want to keep her . I would still give a proper viking funeral and move on I was wishing I had a sail on my pointy this morning LOL

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost" <davidjost@...> wrote:
>
> hey group.
>
> I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
> Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
> the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.
>
> I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.
>
> Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?
>
> Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.
>
> David jost
>

--- In bolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost" <davidjost@...> wrote:

>
> The deal is sealed. I found a couple bags of copper clench nails in the cabinet downstairs. If it comes out poorly, I will just through some dirt in it and plant tomatos.
>
> David
>
>

I think it would probably end up lookingbetter than before David!

come, on    David, I have roted a boat or two by laying them upside down in the grass. I bet you have too. Fess Up!
    R There was a skiff laying around the marine up side down rotting. I didn't use lywood but I had some pine sideing boards and f sawed the toung off one side and put around the top of the skiff that has been a lot of years ago a long time tenant there recently told me she was still around. So it works.
                                                                                                                Doug

On 09/19/2011 02:56 PM, dnjost wrote:

The deal is sealed. I found a couple bags of copper clench nails in the cabinet downstairs. If it comes out poorly, I will just through some dirt in it and plant tomatos.

David

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost"<davidjost@...>wrote:
>
> hey group.
>
> I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
> Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
> the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.
>
> I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.
>
> Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?
>
> Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.
>
> David jost
>

The deal is sealed. I found a couple bags of copper clench nails in the cabinet downstairs. If it comes out poorly, I will just through some dirt in it and plant tomatos.

David

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "dnjost" <davidjost@...> wrote:
>
> hey group.
>
> I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
> Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
> the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.
>
> I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.
>
> Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?
>
> Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.
>
> David jost
>

I would do it as you state above. Definitely cut off the rot, to slow the spread into the rest of the hull. I'd be tempted to take my skilsaw and just let it ride along the bottom of the gunwale, connect the kerfs across the stern w' a pencil line and then cut that.

Then I'd either make a paper pattern of what I cut off to create the strake to install.

Sounds solid to me.

Don

I added 8" of freeboard to a dinghy by just epoxying a 11" wide strake to the inside of the existing side panel, a 3" overlap. I then added a new gunwale to the top edge. It has worked just fine for many years.

Your repair proposal sounds good.

Reed

David, this thread is intriguing.

An idea came to me while I was mulling all this over, along with the idea that you can do with boats what they do with cars - cut out the damaged section and weld in a good section from a parted out car. For wooden boats, epoxy is the equivalent to welding for car bodies.

If you painted the 8" wide strip of plywood, that you will add to the boat, a different color than the side and the gunwales, then instead of looking like an odd patch of sorts, it would likely look like an extra piece of trim added to dress up the boat some.

This whole thing sounds like an interesting experiment of sorts, and I hope you do it and tell us how it worked out. Many people (including me) get really attached to old boats, and it would be good to know more about what can be done to rehabilitate an old boat with really serious problems.

Sincerely,

Roger

----- Original Message -----

From: "dnjost" <davidjost@...>

To: <bolger@yahoogroups.com>

Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 9:07 AM

Subject: [bolger] Pointy Skiff on life support

> hey group.

>
> I built my Pointy Skiff over 25

years ago from lumber store materials.

> Luan sides, AC bottom, fir

strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...

> the rot at the top edge all

around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.

>
> I have an idea to prolong the life of the

skiff.

>
> Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted

wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?

>
>

Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.

>
>

David jost

>
>
>
>
>

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Nothing wrong with that idea David.
Its cheap , relatively easy and quick , and I don`t think it would hurt the looks either.Strike the line with a bendy batten , and get a nice taper on it.

Eeww!!

On Sep 18, 2011, at 12:07 PM, dnjost wrote:

hey group.

I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.

I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.

Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?

Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.

David jost

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:07 AM, dnjost <davidjost@...> wrote:

>

> Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?

I have done similar, and I found it acceptable to just scab on
replacement plywood 'lapstrake' over top of rotted wood. It looks
kind of makeshift, but it holds water.

Sounds like you got your money's worth out of her. As I see it you have a few options. 1. Fix it like you planned. 2. Make a planter out of her. 3. Send her to Valhalla. I think you fix it plan is doable, the question is are you willing to put the time and energy into her?

John Boy

You can trust me, I have a degree in science...

From:dnjost <davidjost@...>
To:bolger@yahoogroups.com
Sent:Sunday, September 18, 2011 11:07 AM
Subject:[bolger] Pointy Skiff on life support

hey group.

I built my Pointy Skiff over 25 years ago from lumber store materials.
Luan sides, AC bottom, fir strapping for the rails, fir stem, etc...
the rot at the top edge all around appears to be past repair. It is to the point that I won't got out in it.

I have an idea to prolong the life of the skiff.

Strike a line app. 6" down and cut all the rotted wood out. Then cut a piece of plywood 2" bigger and attach it ala a lapstrake technique. Has anyone tried this?

Although this might be a good excuse just to build a June Bug.

David jost