Lower Columbia River Raptors

Nelson Skiff – Non-skid Thwart Benches

Posted on January 5, 2019 by coffeeadmin

This morning I spent a few minutes applying the coat of TotalBoat non-skid to both thwart benches. If my supplies arrive by Monday of next week, we will have this restoration wrapped up by next Friday or Saturday!

Nelson Skiff – Non-skid Beige

Posted on January 4, 2019January 5, 2019 by coffeeadmin

Today I painted the two thwart benches off-white then masked and applied non-skid beige on the fore deck and the aft benches.

Nelson Skiff – Painting Bench and Fore Deck

Posted on January 3, 2019 by coffeeadmin

Today I masked off the fore deck and aft bench seats and painted them TotalBoat off-white. Then I banded the center bench seats with fiberglass for strength. Tomorrow I will mask off the fore deck and aft bench seats and paint the center areas with TotalBoat non-skid beige.

Nelson Skiff – Floor Repair

Posted on January 2, 2019 by coffeeadmin

The last couple of days I finished the repair work on the floor near the starboard bow and the transom at the starboard top. Today I prepped the brightwork and applied the first coat of TotalBoat Wood Finish varnish. Tomorrow I plan to start painting the bow deck and bench seats.

Nelson Skiff – Interior Restoration

Posted on December 29, 2018 by coffeeadmin

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…

Dudley Dix Cape Henry 21 and Puget Island Skiff

Posted on December 28, 2018 by coffeeadmin

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…