This section introduces you to alternatives that provide a caulking action while not threatening the bottom planking. It cannot compress as the neighboring planks swell, so the wood is compressed and even damaged beyond repair in the process.
Owners and “restorers” go on a fool’s errand each time they pay fillets of 3M5200 into Lapstrake hulls’ inter-strake seams only to have the water that races by wash them away and those seams leak as much, if not more than they did originally.Ĭured 3M5200 is dense and inflexible. We have seen and anguished over way too many bottoms where 3M5200 was forced into the plank seams in a misguided attempt at caulking them. Doing so reduces the wood’s ability to absorb water dramatically. Sealing that raw wood with multiple coats – at least three – of Smith’s Clear penetrating Epoxy Sealer (CPES) is an absolute must. Home Portfolio 16’4 feet 1937 Gar Wood Split Cockpit Runabout 34,000 16’4 feet 1937 Gar Wood Split Cockpit Runabout 34,000 This barn find was brought back to life and beauty through a careful restoration, Sides, transom and decks were completely stripped, restained and finished with 12 coats of varnish. Such hulls require soaking in to swell the bottom planking sufficiently that water infiltration shrinks to a minor nuisance.Īll such bottoms must be stripped to bare wood and refastened where needed using silicon bronze, not stainless steel, screws. An oiled canvas material, or plastic in the case of Penn Yan Striptite hulls, may be laid between the two skins.
#Trailering wood runabout skin#
An inner skin is laid in on the diagonal, while the outer planks run lengthwise. Seller has a pictures trail of the entire restoration.
#Trailering wood runabout full#
It went through a professional bottom up restoration to include, 5200 bottom, full refinish, gauges, chrome, interior, flooring, wiring, gas tank and more were done during the restoration. 30 years of experience designing wood-epoxy composite boats allowed us to. These boats are being reproduced by Atlanta Boat works from the original specs to the boats they produced.
We wanted one for ourselves, so we designed this small runabout to echo the grace of the post-war Lyman and Chris Craft runabouts. 2003/1956 Aristo Craft Typhoon 12 wood runabout. Many of our boats still sport their (sometime original) traditional, usually double-planked bottoms. 19 Feet 1947 Gar Wood Runabout 19' 6' Gar Wood Runabout that has been fully restored to show condition. The beautiful 1950s-era runabouts are icons of style in the world of wooden boats.
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