Wooden Boat People
By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Working on something cool
Every once in a while doing this part time boat thing you get to do something really neat. I had a local guy here call me one day and said he bought an old wood boat and wanted me to look at it and see if it was worth keeping. When he brought it over I saw him coming down the driveway and thought " that boat looks pretty good". Upon closer look I realized it was an Ostrum (boat shop specialties) that was in remarkable shape. We poked and prodded and found zero soft wood. It had never had anything but a painted bottom and said it had been in a garage for the last 15 years. He has a Deschutes trip coming up so we decided to put a glass bottom on it.
I forgot to get any pics before flipping the boat and removing the chines.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on
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Coats 4 & 5. Probably stop here get the chine cap on then sand and do one or two more.
This boat is all Mahogany on the long stock so I will make a new cap from a piece I had lying around. The original cap was 3/4" thick. If you have ever rowed a boat with that thick of a chine cap you know the chine dip can be horrible so I will be making a thinner one.
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No prob. Jay. Can't really say I am saving it (maybe from future bottom destruction). This is actually the first boat I have worked on that was built by one of the original builders. I have done lots of repairs on boats but they were always kit boats built by regular folk.
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Got back to work on the Ostrum last night. Got the glass trimmed.
By the way, flip flops, shorts and fiberglass... not a great combo (forgot the baby powder).
Next I planned the chine to 3/8" and cut the angles.
One of the challenges on this boat was all of the nails in the chine. Normally I pre drill my chine cap but on this boat I marked on the hull where all the nails were and marked a line in the middle of the chine cap and tried for 4" centers. Remarkably only a few nails were in the way of the 4" plan.
Chine caps buttered up with Sika 291 LOT Mahogany.
The start of screwing the chine cap on. My trusty chine cap installing ladder has a ton of goop on it.
Caps installed and now for the cleanup.
Next I will sand the cap flush, sand the bottom and apply a couple more coats of epoxy and put a finish on the chine cap.
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Well she's pretty much done, just a few coats of varnish on the chine cap.
Neat little (14') boat. Very light as it has a 3/8" bottom and it appears all the framing and seats are Mahogany. It has 7 real frames and a partial frame under the fly deck. Everything is nailed together including the seats to the frames except for the gunnels where he used screws. No through bolts. I couldn't find a HIN to determine the year it was built.
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Permalink Reply by Dan Hooper on
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Nicely done Mike. What weight glass did you use on the bottom?
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20 oz. Triax from Fiberglass Supply
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Permalink Reply by Phillip Westendorf on
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Mike,
You have a darn nice looking boat there. How about some nice pics on the water, maybe a Trout or Steelie in the pic too.
Dorf
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Actually Dorf its not my boat just one I was working on. I would be proud if it was as she is a neat boat. The owner is taking her down the D in a couple of days so maybe we can get some pics.
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Permalink Reply by Rick Newman on
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Dorf, to those of you in the Midwest the "D" is the Deschutes River in Northeast Oregon. Sagebrush, big rapids, steelhead, trout, a real Western desert river.
Rick
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Permalink Reply by Randy on
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Hey, this is my boat and thanks Mike for all your hard work on it.
Sorry, no steelhead pics from the trip down the lower D but had a great trip and the boat did awesome. Here is a pic of it on the water on the lower Deschutes river.
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