By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
NOT too far gone!!
Got'er done...she even handled some class II-III this weekend on the first annual Colorado Wooden Boat and Beer Float at Pumphouse on the Colorado (thanks Mark)...I've still got plenty of finishing touches to keep me busy for a while, but they're just details (rear bench, floorboards, casting deck, bottle openers, etc...)...
I got rid of the outside chine guard and rubstrip, filled/patched the dings, and glassed the outside, scarfed in some new gunnel material (never even took the old ones off), oiled the inside, replaced some hardware, paint...kinda tried to straighten the oars, but they're still "spoonblades", I don't mind at all...glad they're being used and not wall art.
so gratifying to get this one back on the water!
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Comment by Greg Max on August 16, 2011 at 3:33pm -
Jeff, I loved seeing this boat on the water. I think that you've done a really good job of getting it water worthy again. Nice work and I'll hope to see her back on the water sometime soon!
Greg
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Comment by Marc Tittle on August 15, 2011 at 7:24pm -
Bert would be proud!!! Marc
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Comment by chris towles on August 15, 2011 at 10:09am -
Looks good. Nice job on the resto. I'm sure all the framed guys are gonna have a hernia over the lack of a Chine batten though. How much glass did you use on the chine. I think if it were me I would run some 1/2 strips of the cheapest hardwood I could find. God knows what condition the end grain ply on the bottom is in. Looks awesome either way, another one makes it back to the river. Cheers to that!
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Comment by Mike Crouch on August 15, 2011 at 7:46am -
Cool!
Great work Jeff!
Mike Crouch
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