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Hey guys -- Thanks for the answers! Since I'm trying not to touch the brightwork, I've left any deck hardware on that I don't have to take off. That stbd Thompson logo is still there because I hadn't yet documented exactly where it is located. It will come off this week before stripping that last ar...

Well, things are moving right along on this project. Since so many frames will have to be replaced, and since I shouldn't be sanding that old lead paint to find the screws, I decided to completely strip the boat's paint. This will allow me to know exactly where every screw head is, determine the con...

Peter, I'd highly suggest using thickened epoxy to fill that hook. Maybe first apply with a notched trowel like thinset under a tile floor, then screed that off with a straightedge. Most any hardware store sells aluminum angle that you could use for that. After this cures, check it for level and smo...

Andreas - those are awesome! From what I can tell in those photos on that model, the keelson and sister keelsons are dead straight, dead flat for their full lengths. Just curious - in the second photo, near the bottom, is that an early power planer? I can't imagine what else would be shaped like tha...

Here's the latest discovery on my Sea Lancer's bottom shape. Apparently, years of hanging a heavy outboard on the transom have had their effect. When I first saw this boat in 2004, I had noticed that the transom had pulled away from the quarter knees as shown in this photo: http://easonconstruction....

I have the same problem. Last weekend, I started detaching the planking from the transom on the port side. At the tails of the planks, I found a column of screws going into the vertical members of the transom, and behind those, a column of nails shooting into the end grain of the horizontal planks o...

Thanks for the info everyone. Did the original lemonade yellow boats have white primer underneath? The yellow I'm finding under the white topcoat looks very much like the photos I've seen of true lemonade yellow. I like it, too, though I'm not sure which we'll end up with when this is all said &...

So it is... you're absolutely right! My boat sits under a tarp at the bottom of my driveway, just outside my basement office window, where I can stare at it longingly while trying to accomplish something that pays. I just now ran outside, scraped a little deeper, and found those screws - thank heave...

I knew that the planks were screwed to each other with the little machine screws and nuts, two screws between frames above the waterline and three below. I had assumed that the planking was also screwed directly into the frames with wood screws through both planks at the laps. I seem to be mistaken ...

Good point. No, there's no support under the keel, except for a single roller that probably bears no weight, up at the stem. A bunk down the center should probably be added to bear most of the weight. However - and I can't remember if I read this on this forum or in one of Danenberg's books that I j...

<begin tongue-in-cheek mode> Oh, for the love of boats, Andreas! Don't be such a wuss! Get out there and get me some measurements. I need hard data, and I don't just mean frozen solid in the middle of winter hard data. <end> Seriously, on days like this in Atlanta (62.5 degrees & sunny), it's ea...

We started addressing this subject under the Boat Cradle for restoration topic, but I wanted to separate it out, rather than hijack that thread further. Main questions below in BOLDFACE . Any advice is greatly appreciated! Here it goes: I've stripped the interior out of my boat, and I've done a pret...

Thanks, guys - that's a relief for starters (that I won't have to correct that part of the shape as much as I feared). And yes, I have a '57 Peshtigo Sea Lancer (hence the WIS license plate, not a GA or NY). Now for my other question, though: what shape are the frames supposed to take between the sh...

Well, the more I study my boat, the more I think I'm going to end up doing something more like John Platou did here and probably more specifically, here . A couple of times now since last Saturday, I've started composing a post about the shape of my boat's underside, but I need to shrink the picture...

Check this out -- http://www.glen-l.com/picboards/picboard15/pic744a.html This is pretty much what I had in mind, but I like how it's made of plywood and can hold the boat both on its side and flipped (in this case, right-side up). Note also that he had the foresight to put plywood pads for attachin...