Crenshaw Restore.

Was going through pictures the other day and found my Crenshaw restore. I found this boat in Junction City OR. Picked it up the day before Randy's boat show a few years ago. It was there in pre restore and then the next year in full restore. Figured you guys would like to see the process. She was in very rough shape. Notice the bow stem removal. One of my favorite pictures. The end grain of the white oak used for the bow stem just sucked in water and rotted it. Stored outside most of it's life was the major problem.  Store your boats inside folks!!! New and old bow stem This process was the biggest structural issue with the boat. Then the fun part of scraping the entire boat. With the help of PBR this didn't take too long.On other interesting thing was the Formica on the bottom. I hear this was standard with Ralph Crenshaw. I ended up ripping it off and did a 23 oz. bottom.3.5 oz. cloth for the exterior.Green paint to keep her traditional. New chine caps.  After shots.This project took about 160 hrs. Spanning the course of a very long Wyoming winter. I love the before and after of restore projects. The final outcomes are very rewarding in what we do. Not only for looks, but the fact we get to use these boats in some of the most beautiful places on earth. 

Dutch.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Finnell on December 11, 2012 at 12:12pm

Permalink Reply by Terry E Walsh on December 12, 2012 at 7:39pm
Nice!good pics
Permalink Reply by Jeff Lutz on December 16, 2012 at 8:04am

Very beautiful boat. These old wooden craft deserve better than rotting away in some ones yard. Thank you sir for putting her back where she belongs- on the waterways of America.

Permalink Reply by Mark Heskett on February 13, 2013 at 1:05pm

What did you use to strip your boat. I am in the process of paint removal on my boat now, and I'm using citristrip. Not working as well as I'd like. Thanks.

Permalink Reply by Adam "Dutch" Gottschling on February 14, 2013 at 9:58am

Citristrip works in  heavy applications and patience. 3M has a user friendly product that i'm gonna try on the new Steele boat im working on. Let you know how it goes.

 

This boat was hand stripped with heat.

Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on November 14, 2013 at 3:16pm

Dutch, I have a question.  What did you bed the stem with when you replaced it?  Did you use epoxy or a 3M product?

Thanks, Dan.

 

Permalink Reply by Randy Dersham on February 13, 2013 at 4:14pm

This was a great job Dutch and kudos to you for keeping another of the old boats alive.

Permalink Reply by Troy Nicolls on February 13, 2013 at 9:59pm

So I'm looking at your pictures and am amazed at your paint removal job. I noticed you mentioned you had help scraping paint from PBR...so I spent some time doing searches on PBR Paint Stripper. I couldn't find any PBR paint stripper, however I think I now know what PBR is. Learn something new every day!

Nice boat project.

Troy

Permalink Reply by Adam "Dutch" Gottschling on February 14, 2013 at 9:57am

Hahahahahahahah..... Yeah. PBR is beer.

This particular boat was a heat gun and scraper job. Didn't use stripper on this one. My hands still hurt thinking about it though.

Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on February 14, 2013 at 12:43pm

Dutch is PBR actually so strong it will remove paint? Doesn't it raise the grain?

Good job.

Rick Newman

Permalink Reply by jeremiah stymer on November 13, 2013 at 10:07pm

What does it mean when you say you put a 24 oz bottom on it,  how do you measure this.  The 3.5oz cloth,  how is this measured as well,  thanks.  

Permalink Reply by Adam "Dutch" Gottschling on November 14, 2013 at 5:13pm

The glass comes in various weights and thickness.

3.5 oz is almost paper thin and the 24 is so thick it almost looks and feels like a mat.

Check out Raka or Jamestown distributors. They both carry a good selection of various products.

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