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Whaler

Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:21 am

Wasn’t sure where to put this. Figured it’s fishing related
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 :cry:

The start 8 days ago
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The boy scraping the easy stuff (sitting on what should be the bow locker)
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Pressure washed helped a ton on the non-skid
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The locker revealed!
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He’s happy it’s in decent shape. He was hoping we would be able to bring back the mahogany hatch


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Re: Whaler

Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:28 am

We started with the grinding

It’s going to be quite tedious and time consuming so there won’t be a ton of progress pics

Hard at work

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And then, last night him and his buddy went shark fishing, but the boy opted to go oyster diving instead.
Now my laborer is out a solid week or so

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No sutures luckily. But lots of debris removal and irrigating
Hopefully no infections.

Luckily we aren’t on any timeline.
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Unread postby Mgaspari » Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:50 am

Hopefully he doesn’t get any infections!
Maybe he should move to a more supervisory role on the project :lol:
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Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:31 pm

Mgaspari wrote:Hopefully he doesn’t get any infections!
Maybe he should move to a more supervisory role on the project :lol:

Lol

I have to say, he had been driving me and himself to get this done. I was impressed. I would be inside working (work work) he’d go outside , a bit later come and get me to show me what he did on his own.

Funny how motivated one of today’s kids can be
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Unread postby muddy » Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:00 am

Major project, very cool, very fun.
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Unread postby matt1336 » Mon May 11, 2020 1:19 am

Motivated kids make me happy!!! Nice job!!
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Unread postby greenhorndave » Mon May 11, 2020 3:48 am

I like it! :clap:

Looking forward to seeing the progress. I admit that I would probably stay away from such a basket case, so I’m interested to see how it goes.
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Re: Whaler

Unread postby Moose » Mon May 11, 2020 4:58 am

Great project! Looking forward to seeing update pictures of your progress!
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Unread postby Rich M » Wed Nov 29, 2023 4:53 am

Is it time for an update on this one?
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Unread postby Eddiegomes83 » Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:45 am

Yeah that is some tough time consuming work if done right.
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Unread postby Bonecrusher101 » Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:30 am

Your son is putting in the work!

I gotta ask, how’d a Florida young man become a KY fan? Maybe it’s just a grub work shirt?
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Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Wed Nov 29, 2023 10:58 am

Bonecrusher101 wrote:Your son is putting in the work!

I gotta ask, how’d a Florida young man become a KY fan? Maybe it’s just a grub work shirt?


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Re: Whaler

Unread postby Sailfish_WC » Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:00 am

Rich M wrote:Is it time for an update on this one?



Well, travel ball and HS football kicked in.
And he got a new (used) boat that works.

He did do some more grinding but then we had to move it up to the property 4 hours away to make room for the new boat.

I do have to add, the neigbor had a new baby. We all live on 50x100 lots. With @ 8’ between us. Her porch would get COVERED in ground gel-coat. She kinda mentioned something about it. So we ceased operations here until we moved it to the property.


Funny this thread was brought up, he said on winter break we need to grind and sand in between deer hunting this
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Re: Whaler

Unread postby Rich M » Wed Nov 29, 2023 1:59 pm

Was curious. Always love a boat project.
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Re: Whaler

Unread postby Huntress13 » Wed Nov 29, 2023 11:57 pm

Very cool. I didn't see this the first time around.
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