MarkWoyWoy
01-27-2003, 08:23 PM
Hello All,
I'm looking for some advice from somebody whom may have gone down this road before.
Basically I have a carvel(seam batten) half cabin motor launch of a type typically built in the early part of last century in Australia.
The boat is constructed of doug fir planking and battens with steam bent frames of spotted gum. It is probably of limited economic value but does have some historical significance.
At the moment we are in the process of replacing nearly all of the frames and are about a third of the way thru. Many frames are broken and over the years have had various sisters and other repairs.
However much of the planking(@60%)and battens below the water line also need replacing. We knew when we started reframing that a few planks would need to be replaced but as work has progressed we have found quite a few more than expected(a fairly typical old wooden boat!).
I have some constraints in respect of the amount of time and money I can spend at this point in time, we planned on the frames and a couple of planks only.
There has been some mention on the board of using an elastomeric bedding compund and some sort of cold moulded plywood shell to cover carvel planking as a temporary solution.
Is anybody able to give a reasonably detailed description of this process or point me to where I can find one.
Thanks in advance,
Mark S.
I'm looking for some advice from somebody whom may have gone down this road before.
Basically I have a carvel(seam batten) half cabin motor launch of a type typically built in the early part of last century in Australia.
The boat is constructed of doug fir planking and battens with steam bent frames of spotted gum. It is probably of limited economic value but does have some historical significance.
At the moment we are in the process of replacing nearly all of the frames and are about a third of the way thru. Many frames are broken and over the years have had various sisters and other repairs.
However much of the planking(@60%)and battens below the water line also need replacing. We knew when we started reframing that a few planks would need to be replaced but as work has progressed we have found quite a few more than expected(a fairly typical old wooden boat!).
I have some constraints in respect of the amount of time and money I can spend at this point in time, we planned on the frames and a couple of planks only.
There has been some mention on the board of using an elastomeric bedding compund and some sort of cold moulded plywood shell to cover carvel planking as a temporary solution.
Is anybody able to give a reasonably detailed description of this process or point me to where I can find one.
Thanks in advance,
Mark S.