Wooden Boat People
By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
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 Newman on
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Jerimiah, I am glad I could help out. There's a lot to learn. If you can make the time to read all the posts on here you will gain a huge understanding of terms, materials, paint, fiberglass, epoxy etc.
Oarlock are commonly bronze castings that the oars ride in, there are also some wonderful stainless steel ones made in Oregon. The search engine's memory is better than mine at telling you makes them. There are numerous suppliers of oarlocks again the search engine will show you just how many. I believe you are speaking of oarstops, round rubber donuts that fit over your oar shafts to prevent them from sliding out through the oarlock. They are difficult to move. applying heat in a controlled manner along with controlled force will move them. I have never tried to use a piece of pipe to move them down the shaft but I imagine that could be done if you can hold the oar shaft securely. Pouring hot water on the stop should cause it to expand. again the search engine will lead you to some potential solutions.
Keep learning, have you picked up Roger's book yet? I see that Josh just got his copy.
Rick N
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Permalink Reply by jeremiah stymer on
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By the way thanks rick for all of your information, you have been a great help. i am so excited to get on this and learn i get a little overexcited. more pics will be up soon,
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Permalink Reply by John Weston on
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those are knee braces when you are fishing if we are looking at the same thing.
JW
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