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It's funny but I actually felt quite uncomfortable about her bare topsides being on display for all and sundry to perve at and am much happier now she's been moved amongst some of the other boats in the middle of the yard.. with her 'underclothes' (a coat of primer) on at least.
It would be - and that's what we did above the rubbing strake a couple of years ago - but the area above the rub strake is protected from the sun by a full-length boat-cover. The summer sun is mighty hot down here and clear-coat is far too much work, so she'll be back to her usual white again as soon as the rain let's up.
As far as it being a lot of work, it took two of us a day to do both sides plus one coat of primer (rolled on) so it's not as bad as you'd think. The old paint was practically falling off by itself..
Our sailing season starts up again next weekend, so we've got one week to undercoat, topcoat and get her back in the water, but the main aim is to get her looking not-shabby for the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival coming up in March.
This looks like a fun project to track. Keep the pics and info coming. Any chance of a blog with regular (daily?) updates??? Love those sites especially when it is too cold here to sail like today!
How far is Melborne from Seattle?!?! Think I can get there in a days sail? or do i need one of the AC70 foiling thingymabobs to do this?.........
Got a number of them old woodies here in the NW US also. Can be beautiful sites when they are taken care of. Other wise.....ouchie! my eyes hurt......then again, we can probably say the same for plastic ones, along with them steelie or aruminum ones too! Especially them BS ones..........I know of a BP one or two that need some luv too......
Got a number of them old woodies here in the NW US also. Can be beautiful sites when they are taken care of. Other wise.....ouchie! my eyes hurt......then again, we can probably say the same for plastic ones, along with them steelie or aruminum ones too! Especially them BS ones..........I know of a BP one or two that need some luv too......
About the only thing that keeps me going is that the old girl has some historical significance over here. Sure, that and 3 bucks-fifty can buy a cup of coffee at the club, but at least there's some point to it - and doing this sort of thing can reveal impressive craftsmanship from ages ago.
eg.: It's a bit hard to tell from the pics, but the planking is a little unusual for the era. If there was a hard way to plank this boat, that's how they've done it!! The below-waterline planks start high in the bow, yet each are individually tapered and shaped to fit within a 1/4" of each other in 3 dimensions. Further along the hull, 'stealers' (where a plank is joined into another to increase width) have been used both topsides and below with the same accuracy on the curve, requiring a heap more planning on the part of the designer and builder to avoid messing up. I've always thought the craftsmanship in the mast was impressive, but the hull itself must have been extraordinarily difficult to build.. and it's all typically covered with a coat of paint.
Anyways, truly amazing craftsmanship of a kind you'll never see on a plastic/alloy/steel boat.
One fellow in my YC has a 1929 Lake Union Dream boat. Granted it is a power boat. But the boat has MANY best in show trophies! It is a beauty.
There is also a Q-boat IIRC from the 20's that is still being sailed and raced locally. Also a beautiful boat.
Here in the seattle area there are a number of old woodies with historical significance also. Even BP would agree to that!
Altho a few years ago, "one" of ie the last schooner that plyd the coast delivering wood from Seattle to southern Cal in the early days of seattle had to have a chain saw taken to it. I think that would have taken many millions to fix it. Probably cheaper to start from scratch in all honesty.
Hey, copyright notice, no bugs bunny or porky pig after that "Thats all folks" only a blinken smiley face......I call foul, or is that fowl on that tune!
Oh by the way, nice looking boat for a woody in the background!
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