Steve Sanford
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Here is the next phase - the necessary dirty work - heavy grinding of paint and 'glass - before she actually gets careful attention in the shop. The full story is now posted at my website: http://stevenjaysanford.com/great-south-bay-scooter/
Here are a few pics:
She sits on wooden rollers - "poor man's four-wheel-drive" - for her outside work. She's been launched over many a sandy (or snow covered) beach with such rollers.
Most of the deck hardware comes off.
All the usual prying and twisting tools come into play. And, got to keep all the little bits and pieces where I can find them during reassembly.
Rot in bowpiece (a kind of stem) and screw eye was loose.
I thought I'd be taking off all that scaly paint with a sharpened scraper, but...
My $10 Craftsman grinder and a single #24 grit disc did the entire boat - all the paint and the 'glass that needed removal or fairing.
In addition to restoring and repairing, I want to learn all of the construction details. Here is the oak keelson tying into the bowpiece - also oak.
Here is the fantail stern. Oak keelson ties into a harpin (I think).
The fantail edges are separate, non-structural pieces - sort of a false stem on a bow.
Just the basic dimensions at first.
LOA is 15-foot-9 inches. I had been misremembering her a full foot shorter.
I need to start a new notebook.... notice how I STILL keep writing 14'9".....
All the best,
SJS
Here is the next phase - the necessary dirty work - heavy grinding of paint and 'glass - before she actually gets careful attention in the shop. The full story is now posted at my website: http://stevenjaysanford.com/great-south-bay-scooter/
Here are a few pics:
She sits on wooden rollers - "poor man's four-wheel-drive" - for her outside work. She's been launched over many a sandy (or snow covered) beach with such rollers.
Most of the deck hardware comes off.
All the usual prying and twisting tools come into play. And, got to keep all the little bits and pieces where I can find them during reassembly.
Rot in bowpiece (a kind of stem) and screw eye was loose.
I thought I'd be taking off all that scaly paint with a sharpened scraper, but...
My $10 Craftsman grinder and a single #24 grit disc did the entire boat - all the paint and the 'glass that needed removal or fairing.
In addition to restoring and repairing, I want to learn all of the construction details. Here is the oak keelson tying into the bowpiece - also oak.
Here is the fantail stern. Oak keelson ties into a harpin (I think).
The fantail edges are separate, non-structural pieces - sort of a false stem on a bow.
Just the basic dimensions at first.
LOA is 15-foot-9 inches. I had been misremembering her a full foot shorter.
I need to start a new notebook.... notice how I STILL keep writing 14'9".....
All the best,
SJS
