I don’t want to call it a Whaler restoration
The boy and I are just going to make a functional hull
1965 13’ Boston Whaler.
Prior owner sealed up the bow locker, glassed in 3 chunks of wood on the deck for a helm and poling platform.
Then the entire boat is rolled with what I suspect is 15 coats of gel coat
![Crying or Very Sad :cry:](./images/smilies/icon_cry.gif)
The start 8 days ago
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/3xyTV9d9/ED33-E7-A5-A565-419-D-9617-E18-FDD6-FB128.jpg)
The boy scraping the easy stuff (sitting on what should be the bow locker)
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/fR6NNXds/40-A247-D4-4328-4-A3-B-AFA0-2680-EFD74-AB4.jpg)
Pressure washed helped a ton on the non-skid
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/Twxvy6QH/B149297-F-4385-4844-935-D-7-BD9-E5-B6-D90-B.jpg)
The locker revealed!
![Image](https://i.postimg.cc/nz1bBPPV/31-E4-C26-E-DF51-47-F0-AF44-FACE71-EDEA81.jpg)
He’s happy it’s in decent shape. He was hoping we would be able to bring back the mahogany hatch