Today I took care of a couple of small repairs. One in the floor, forward just aft of the bow-deck and a small area at the starboard side of the upper transom. Most of what I will do to the interior is saturate the marine plywood with boiled Linseed oil, varnish the brightwork, paint the…
Month: December 2018
Dudley Dix Cape Henry 21 and Puget Island Skiff
This morning a couple of friends and I turned over the Puget Island built skiff. I’ll begin working on the interior restoration. Also a few pics of the Dudley Dix design Cape Henry 21 and it’s new 3/8” aluminum tabernacle. I also ran the lines thru the fairleads and into the new canvas line bags…
Nelson Skiff – Removed the Masking Tape
This afternoon I removed the masking tape. After Christmas I’ll turn her over and begin on her interior. Merry Christmas!
Nelson Skiff – Jade Green
Today I fared the hull and applied the second coat of Pettittopcoat Jade green!
Dudley Dix – Cape Henry 21: Cleaning the Interior
This morning we vacuumed the interior and put the cabin into a semblance of order. Then, we touched up the off-white and beige non-skid around the tabernacle and cockpit. She’s ready!!
Moving Forward on Nelson Skiff
Today we light sanded the hull and filled the low spots with faring putty. We then applied bottom paint.
Dudley Dix – Cape Henry 21: Ready for Spring
A few days ago I fit the new 3/8” aluminum custom built tabernacle to “Slough Coot” with 3/8” S.S. bolts. Today I wired up the mast light and cleaned up, vacuumed up wood dust from peeping the area for the new tabernacle and metal shavings from grinding off the extra stainless steel bolts flush with…
Skiff Restoration – Top Coat
Today we sanded the complete hull, sides and bottom fare and applied the first coat of topcoat paint to her sides and stern.
2001 Puget Island Built Skiff
Yesterday we fared the hull smooth and filled the scarfs with wood flour epoxy and the sides of the hull with West 410 faring filler. Today we again fared the fiberglass scarf patches and then again fared the hull once again and topped the scarfs and any low spots in the hull with faring filler. …
Kurt Nielsen Skiff Restoration
This last week the Traditional Small Craft Association chapter, “The Lower Columbia River Raptors” started the restoration of a locally built skiff, beginning with six major scarf repairs. This vessel is an 18’ work skiff built by the late Kurt Nielsen. Kurt’s boat shop was on the north side of Puget Island and used mostly…