I recently purchased a 1969 16' 7" Boston Whaler and I am eager to repair it and get it back to looking new.
I just wanted to see how exactly would I do that? Just sand down to where it is all smooth then make these repairs and then put a new coat of resin, sand it, prime it, then gelcoat it?
How would I know if this boat is water logged? There are holes in the floorboard where there were two captains chairs and they have a bunch of dirt in them from where it was sitting under a tree for 3 years. There is also a hole that I have included in the pictures (4th picture) that is filled with water but it doesnt feel like it is foam inside of there it fills like its just wood.
Here are some pictures to go off of. The one of the back right side of the boat is where the top of the transom has cracked a bit. Do I need to actually rebuild the whole transom or can I just put resin over that? It is all rock solid just splitting at the top a little bit the guy I bought it from said it had been like that for years. There is also a picture of the bottom of the boat where the old trailer it was on scraped all of the gel coat off when I put it back on the trailer after trying to test run it. There is also a crack at the front of the boat where it looks like something was hit. I can feel foam behind it so do I need to peal away all of the gelcoat put a filler in there and then put some fiberglass over it??
There is also a hole in the drain coming out of the back, when i put my finger in there I can feel a hole of to the right side like it has maybe rotted away... is there a way to fix that
Isnt there a way to rip some of the old wood out and if so is it very hard? I want this boat to be in prestine condition when I get done I plan on keeping it my entire life.
I just wanted to see how exactly would I do that? Just sand down to where it is all smooth then make these repairs and then put a new coat of resin, sand it, prime it, then gelcoat it?
How would I know if this boat is water logged? There are holes in the floorboard where there were two captains chairs and they have a bunch of dirt in them from where it was sitting under a tree for 3 years. There is also a hole that I have included in the pictures (4th picture) that is filled with water but it doesnt feel like it is foam inside of there it fills like its just wood.
Here are some pictures to go off of. The one of the back right side of the boat is where the top of the transom has cracked a bit. Do I need to actually rebuild the whole transom or can I just put resin over that? It is all rock solid just splitting at the top a little bit the guy I bought it from said it had been like that for years. There is also a picture of the bottom of the boat where the old trailer it was on scraped all of the gel coat off when I put it back on the trailer after trying to test run it. There is also a crack at the front of the boat where it looks like something was hit. I can feel foam behind it so do I need to peal away all of the gelcoat put a filler in there and then put some fiberglass over it??
There is also a hole in the drain coming out of the back, when i put my finger in there I can feel a hole of to the right side like it has maybe rotted away... is there a way to fix that
Isnt there a way to rip some of the old wood out and if so is it very hard? I want this boat to be in prestine condition when I get done I plan on keeping it my entire life.
