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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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Thank you, Wood came from L.L. Johnson in Michigan, Quinner will be by with a Johnson joke any minute now. I don't have a board foot price of lumber for you but I can tell you that the cost of lumber on one of these projects is dwarfed by the absurd cost of 5200 and Silicon Bronze screws. Seems like all the supplies other than lumber have almost doubled since I did the Hurricane a few years ago. The cost of Good quality 3M sandpaper will make your head spin. |
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JPASS
Grand Poobah Joined: June-17-2013 Location: Orlando Status: Offline Points: 2283 |
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Wow. Such a beautiful boat. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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'92 Correctcraft Ski Nautique
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Morfoot
Grand Poobah Joined: February-06-2004 Location: South Lanier Status: Offline Points: 5312 |
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Looking CCFantastic guys but we all know Alans craftsmanship with wood. So cool so see this boat restored to its former glory. Todd, you really gotta come up with a unique name for Renees boat. I did go back and look for pics when the previous owner had it and this was the best shot I had of it. She was in really great shape I thought but that was 7 years ago.... Looking forward to another ride and drive in it!
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"Morfoot; He can ski. He can wakeboard.He can cook chicken.He can create his own self-named beverage, & can also apparently fly. A man of many talents."72 Mustang "Kermit",88 SN Miss Scarlett, 99 SN "Sherman"
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Kristof
Grand Poobah Joined: October-08-2007 Location: Bree, Belgium Status: Offline Points: 3391 |
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So many pictures and details to enjoy!
Just plain "wow" like Jbear stated |
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- Gun control means: using BOTH hands!
- Money doesn't make one happy, but when it rains cats and dogs, it's still better to cry in a Porsche than on a bicycle... |
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jbear
Grand Poobah Joined: January-21-2005 Location: Lake Wales FL. Status: Offline Points: 8193 |
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uh....WOW.
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"Loud pipes save lives"
AdamT sez "I'm Canadian and a beaver lover myself"... |
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SNobsessed
Grand Poobah Joined: October-21-2007 Location: IA Status: Offline Points: 7102 |
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Museum quality work for sure.
I'd have a hard time putting it in the water! |
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“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
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SWANY
Senior Member Joined: August-12-2014 Location: batavia Status: Offline Points: 384 |
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Lakeview
Senior Member Joined: January-06-2004 Location: Branchville NJ Status: Offline Points: 247 |
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A Shipwright you ARE!!! beautiful craftsmanship and attention to detail.Where did you source your mahogany from? afraid to ask the board foot price.Keep us posted.
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Lakeview
1992 Barefoot Nautique 1967 Barracuda SS 1967 Chris Craft Cavalier |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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So Saturday was a fairly easy day, we had a little final prep then taped off the details and got to staining. Took us about 3 hours. Later this week Renee will get the blond areas stained and then we'll get our first coats of sealer on the boat. Our goal was get the boat sealed before the spring weather and humidity wreaks havoc on our woodworking, the recent weather has had us scrambling to get it sealed but I think we're in good shape.
We were pretty happy with how the old side planking came out, Those are the original 60 year old planks that got cleaned and rehung bedded in 5200. We did as much structural shoring up as we could so hopefully the boat doesn't move much once it starts getting used and those seams stay nice and tight for us. Also very pleased with how well the old side planking stained up, it matches the new top deck very well, I think our second bleaching of the sides was worth that effort. Any wood that's been left raw at the moment will be done in a blond stain. |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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Not confusing at all and at one point I did plan on using a collar on the router to follow the curve and copy it to the deck planks but I didn't for 2 reasons. First being I'm working 100 miles from home and I forgot my router accessories and second the African Mahogany we used is fairly brittle and tends to tear out when working across end grain. I ended up just fitting all the deck planks by hand, wasn't really that bad of a job. There was a ton of router work fitting the deck boards that run down the length of the deck though. There are 9 pieces on each side and all edges were done with the router. very tedious and time consuming task. It looks to me like the factory did that work on a band saw which must have been a nightmare, Not having access to a band saw we went with the router which ended up being the way to go for a nicer joint. The process is really the same as hanging side planks and copying the edge from one board to the next with a jig I made when I was doing the Hurricane. |
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peter1234
Grand Poobah Joined: February-03-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2756 |
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There is one thing I am not clear on. When you set up the router guide to cut the radius out on the bow ( forgive my terminology here) I can understand that part pretty well. then the deck boards go into place with a very even spacing and also on the end grain. How do you make everything so even. do you dry fit the deck boards and then rerouter the whole thing or do you fit each deck board one at a time. Once the radius is cut on them do you just cut them to length so they fit evenly at the windshield end? I am sorry if that sounds confusing but I hope you get what i am asking.
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former skylark owner now a formula but I cant let this place go
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Waldo
Senior Member Joined: July-09-2009 Location: Iowa Status: Offline Points: 262 |
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You people have some serious talent. I hope you're skills are getting passed down to the next generation. Simply amazing.
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crabman
Senior Member Joined: March-05-2013 Location: Three Rivers Status: Offline Points: 216 |
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Some day I'll have a wooden boat! Simply stunning
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https://youtube.com/shorts/D6xrs4xlDVY?si=uOaaduvSAlFcLOAU
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Hollywood
Moderator Group Joined: February-04-2004 Location: Twin Lakes, WI Status: Offline Points: 13512 |
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NCH20SKIER
Grand Poobah Joined: December-16-2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2207 |
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Another fine example of craftsmanship. Well done.
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Mojo
Grand Poobah Joined: December-06-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3104 |
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And the funny thing is Todd thinks this is his boat......
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73' Martinique had:96' SNOB had:76' Nautique had 77 Tique |
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quinner
Grand Poobah Joined: October-12-2005 Location: Unknown Status: Offline Points: 5828 |
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Looks like Todd was the guy who did all the deck screwing! |
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skutsch
Grand Poobah Joined: June-19-2008 Location: Racine, WI Status: Offline Points: 2874 |
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Great Stuff Guys, This is really awesome!
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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Jack, The boat has had a recent fiberglass skin put over the bottom. Generally not ideal but this one was done very well and appears to be very tight and dry. We really struggled with what to do about that and in the end decided to leave it as is and just get some fresh paint on it. Is it hiding some questionable areas? Maybe, but we knew if we dug into it we would be looking at adding $5-6000 and another year of work to the cost of the boat by having to replace a bottom. It really looks like it's well done so we decided to run it for as long as it lasts which who knows may be 10 or 15 years before it needs attention again. |
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peter1234
Grand Poobah Joined: February-03-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2756 |
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They don't generally love to be flipped.They seem to always land on their feet
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former skylark owner now a formula but I cant let this place go
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juniorwoody
Gold Member Joined: August-09-2011 Location: Oak Hill, Fl Status: Offline Points: 937 |
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Does it need to be flipped?
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The value of money spent on new adventure far exceeds the value of money saved for the future
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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And here's proof that Todd works although Tippy keeps a pretty close eye on him. This is NOT photoshopped by the way. Cat just climbed up to see what was going on. I wasn't a cat person until I met Tippy, he's so cool he's almost a dog.
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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Dug up a few pictures of when we were building the decking. Ended up getting a piece of flexible molding from Home Depot to use as a router guide. Made some little braces and after a few hours of placement ran the router along the edge for a nice clean radius. Had to do the same down the length of the deck as well. Lots of router work there, 2 days in total just to get it fitted.
Anyone remember this puzzling look from the Hurricane thread. "Wonder what Renee's making for lunch?" |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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Ha, I sense sarcasm? LOL Came with a decent trailer that Todd had blasted and powder coated, put a new axle and skins on it and it's good to go. See he's been working in the background. Us primadona woodworkers get all the glory but he's been at it hard! |
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8122pbrainard
Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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Funny, that's exactly what I noticed when going through the pictures!! |
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Hollywood
Moderator Group Joined: February-04-2004 Location: Twin Lakes, WI Status: Offline Points: 13512 |
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Is he going to order a BoatMate for it?
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quinner
Grand Poobah Joined: October-12-2005 Location: Unknown Status: Offline Points: 5828 |
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Todd who??? All I see is everybody except Todd working, lol
Sure is coming along nicely, great work by all!! Barely give him 1 summer before he is working on a new power plant, any diesel options for the little boats in 55', lol |
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81nautique
Grand Poobah Joined: September-03-2005 Location: Big Rock, Il Status: Offline Points: 5772 |
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It must be a 135 Gray then Pete, I haven't done much more than help pull the motor when it comes to mechanical stuff, That's Todd's realm with this one.
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8122pbrainard
Grand Poobah Joined: September-14-2006 Location: Three Lakes Wi. Status: Offline Points: 41040 |
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A few options per the 55 price sheet: Keep it original! |
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Riley
Grand Poobah Joined: January-19-2004 Location: Portland, ME Status: Offline Points: 7952 |
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Great story, Boat looks great, Alan. You could give up your day job.
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