This evening a friend came by to help turn over the Salt Bay Skiff. Tomorrow we being the interior work.
Category: Wooden Boats
Salt Bay Skiff – Pettit Off-White 3rd Coat
This afternoon I applied the third coat of off-white to her sides.
Salt Bay Skiff – Pettit Jade Green
This morning I trimmed out the skiff in Pettit Jade green.
Salt Bay Skiff – Pettit Off-White 2nd Coat
This morning I lightly sanded the entire hull and applied the second coat of Pettit EZPoxy Off-White. Tomorrow the third coat will be applied.
Salt Bay Skiff – Pettit Off-White
Today we fared the complete exterior of the Salt Bay Skiff and applied the first coat of Pettit Off-White EZPoxy.
Salt Bay Skiff – Keel Shoe and Skeg
Last night I fit the keel shoe and the skeg. This morning I prepped the hull by lightly sanding it with 80grit. Then applying the West Systems 410 faring filler. Tomorrow we’ll sand most of the filler off and apply the first coat of paint.
Salt Bay Skiff
Last week we removed the 18’ Puget Island Skiff built by the late Kurt Nielsen. That same day, we moved our local TSCA The Lower Columbia River Raptors chapter skiff in my shop to finish. Last summer our chapter put on the annual Wooden Boat Show here at the Elochoman Marina in Cathlamet, WA. The…
Nelson Skiff – Painting Bench and Fore Deck
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.
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…
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!!