Classic wooden speedboat build , sink, search for, recovery and rebuild.

It certainly does have a life of it's own and changes day to day, I would be happy not to varnish it just so I can feel the bear wood, nothing like the feel of very smooth wood
For the caulking I was going to use black graphite power mixed with epoxy like I did with the sides but now I think I'll use sikaflex because when you sand it the wood won't get stained.
Your pretty handy with the carving nice work. I did think of doing an inlay maybe something like this, I'll wait and see what it looks with the hardware on first.

All taped up ready for caulking.





6 tubes later and a cramped hand





I let it set for a few hours and then removed the tape, it will be next week before it's set enough to sand so back to removing the fiberglass with a heatgun under a clear plastic roof on one of the hottest days of the year :mad: and then some beer

Back to the wood, the fiberglass was easy enough to remove but the resin that was left behind was a real pain to sand down but 50 sanding discs later it's done I hope I don't have to do this again so next time I'm going to go with 207 west system special hardener.





I'm also going to give peel ply a go on the transom first this will protect it from any dirt or dampness in the air and when removed should leave a smooth finish ready for varnish, if it works out I will do the whole boat with it if not I'll take it off and sand it back down :eek:

davlacey wrote: »

looking good. how did u get the bend on the side planks up to the bow im capping mine in the next few days. its a simular radius

The bow was easy enough as it's just one bend, the transom was a bit tricker as I had to bend, twist and cup :eek: to do this I soaked them in hot towels pouring boiling water over them every half hour and clamped them in a bit at a time over the day till they were happy to sit in place.

Make sure you have plenty of clamps Depending on how the boat was designed You might have to do spiling on each plank to get them to fit there is a bit of info on it here http://www.duck-trap.com/building.html and a few videos on youtube if you do a search.



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IreJohn wrote: »

Looks very well Fergal, and really defines the grain.
What stain are you using ?.
Thanks

Because I will be coating it in epoxy I had to go with a water based wood dye so I went with Rustins Dark oak, I tried brown mahogany on a test piece but it just didn't bring it up enough I also would have like to try Ebony but I couldn't find any, probably just as well in the poll most people went against the black



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3 coats of epoxy and a bit of an idea how it will turn, I'm not happy how it's reacting with the caulking it doesn't seem to want to stick to it so I might have to sand it back down and remove it and try a different one, I should have done a test before hand but as it was sikaflex I thought it would be fine I'm also using 207 special hardener for the first time so that might also have something to do with it :mad: I'll see how it looks in the morning and try and come up with a plan, all in all I'm happy with the look of it except for the bloody flies that keep sticking to it

IreJohn wrote: »

Looking excellent Fergal.

In the first image, the transom, is that regular marine ply or a veneer ?

Thanks

Thanks The transom is also mahogany planks over marine ply, You can see the full build in the link below "My crackerbox build"

Yep my other boat was built with just marine ply stained to look like mahogany