Mckenzie rebuild

Just picked up this old Mckinze drift boat off Craigs list. Its a 14'8" drifter that needs some love. I'll need to replace the stem & do some bottom repair. It had an UHMV bottom that already had come off. All the screws had rusted off. I plan to strip all the old paint over varnish off, oil the interior, & glass the out side. Waiting for the bottom to dry out & see what repairs are needed.

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Permalink Reply by Rojo on April 15, 2013 at 7:00am

I tried citri-strip and wasn't overwhelmed with the results. My boat had primarily very weathered varnish on the interior, and I found a heat gun and scraper where my best tools.

 

Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on July 28, 2013 at 8:08am

I thought I'd show some progress on the old woody.  It's been a slower progress than I'd wanted, but such is life.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on July 28, 2013 at 8:38am

Dan, nice work. Time, dedication and lots of elbow grease can turn these boats around quite well.

Rick N

Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on July 28, 2013 at 8:44am

Thanks Rick.  Yes it has been a lot of elbow grease, scrapping & sanding.

Permalink Reply by Mark Heskett on July 28, 2013 at 11:53am

Dan, my boats looking pretty much the same right now. haven't been able to work on it much due to other projects. What are you using for a stripper. I tried citristrip and finally went to kleen strip to make better progress. Just have to be careful with that stuff. How deep is that cut out in your transom. I don't know if you seen my post on the outboard motor I got for my drifter, but I'm considering cutting the transom some to lower the motor a bit. It also looks like you transom has been beefed up for a motor.

Mark

Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on July 28, 2013 at 3:36pm

Mark, I had to do 3 to 4 coats of Citristrip to get down to the wood.  I found that using a putty knife was about the best way to get everything off.  My problem was that the wood had first been stained, then heavily varnished then painted over that.  I then went at the wood with 80 & 120 grit on my orbital sander.  As to the transom, mine has a 2 1/2" notch in it.  It had a cast aluminum plate on the inside that I removed.  The scariest part so far has been removing the stem.  Now that it's off I'll have to figure out what kind of wood to replace it with.  I picked up some reclaimed old growth DF 1X4 and am thinking of laminating that for the stem.

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