Let's have lunch at Richardson Park this Thursday. The weather is supposed to be clement, and there are boats there. :o) Bring a life vest if you want to go boating after lunch. 1:00, as usual, at a

My preference for such applications is to wood the area in question, then apply several coats of Daly's Seafin Teak Oil. Which is an oil/varnish hybrid goop. Think spar varnish with a high % of oils

It does sound like that's the way my uncle Bob would do it. I like the concept of a penetrating sealant that will stabilize the wood. Thanks folks, I am pretty sure it's just varnish.... going on how

Good point Rich, the #1 is what one would use for soles, and a nice warm afternoon in the shade, letting each coat sink in, in this case more is better and then, well Bob will be your mother's

I second Deks Ole #1, the penetrating aspect of the 1 and 2 finish. The 2 finish is shinier but easily scuffed so just fill the wood with #1, coat on coat for about six or eight coats until the wood

Impressive and ambitious Dan J . Bon voyage!

After Depoe Bay you might as well hop one more port south and then up river for the Toledo wooden boat show . Case Sent from not here -- Dirt

If you can get all the varnish off, I'd go with epoxy, then varnish. That's what's on the inside of my kayak where there is no glass, and on the floorboards of my Adirondack Guideboat. The epoxy

Coincident to this thread, I’m planning an ocean voyage for this weekend. Ginger is ready for a little adventure, over the Columbia bar, hang a left, and on to Garibaldi. With my square sail and a

HUH !! It looks like even a steel structure (trailers) with a zinc coating might not be the answer. The galv. plating on steel is considered to be effective -- for the thickness of the plating,

I noticed that the "Hampton Flattie" drawing is the illustration in the ad for the Smithsonian boat plans in the latest Ash Breeze! All I know about the brigantine Serenity is that a gray-haired

Clessie Cummins wasn't one of the pioneers in developing Diesel engines, his contribution was developing light, high-speed Diesels suitable for use in trucks and smaller watercraft. For many years

I wouldn't even try to beat $ 8.00 for a good size piece with mounting tabs. Ready to go, the right formula, and this is a standard item so it's easy to use ss screws matching the tabs provided. A

Hi Jove, you might look into something like Owatrol Deks Olje, I have used it on a number of boat soles, etc. and been very pleased, not slippery and easy to keep up. cheers Claire Acord

Hey folks, I bought an Enterprise this spring, a small, classic plywood racing dinghy, the varnish in the floor is crazed and splitting but the wood is good, I'm scraping and sanding it back so new

You had me with the "development of the Diesel Engine". Both of those books are available from LINCC so I put them on hold. Randy

Thanks for sharing, John, that's a beautiful flattie. Can you tell us about "Serenity" on the hard beside her. Did some Googling and could not find anything.

Ted's flattie took much more than a year to complete, but he was working alone. As far as I know Maxine Louise is still living happily at her tidally dry berth just up Joe Ney Slough from the

Grant (Charley and John McC's friend) sent this to the wrong address: "My heart skipped a beat when I saw your pictures of Ted Chism's Hampton flattie! Howard Chappelle's real boats for real people

This flattie is nice. Thanks