New Boat Owner(restoration project)

[TheRichMahogany]

Hello, My name is Andrew from Ithaca NY (Cayuga Lake) and I just purchased an old wooden boat for which I have little information on. I know its late 50's or early sixties, and has the line of Nautalloy's Aquabird hardware (steering wheel/horn) on it. I was told it was a knock off of a Penn Yan. Its 15 ft in length and its in relatively good condition for how old it is, and I believe the outbaord engine is the original. So this year i'm giving it a workman style paint job on the hull and then refinishing the wood in the boat. I'd like to get as much information on this boat as I can but Google apparently isn't sufficient enough for job. Also, I'm searching for info on the Nautalloy hardware. I've been told its pretty rare. Here are some pics. My hope is someone out there will recognize this style of boat and give me some info! Thanks in advance.
http://picasaweb.google.com/andy.ocm...eat=directlink

Andrew

 

[TheRichMahogany]

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[SnowHunter]

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welcome!!!

That sure is one purty boat!!!

 

[Bob_VT]

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Welcome to iboats.

Yes rare hardware is very tough to find....... you are on a treasure hunt. You have to look at ebay, CL and see if you can find a boat bone yard........ sadly the old wooden hulls were usually destroyed.

Now there is a guy in VT that restores wooden boats and there is a classified section on this web site... http://www.lcacbs.com/

 

[TheRichMahogany]

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welcome!!!

That sure is one purty boat!!!

amazing what some sand paper and paint can do!

 

[TheRichMahogany]

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Welcome to iboats.

Yes rare hardware is very tough to find......

Luckly I have all the original hardware and have spent the last couple days trying to shine them up. I just thought If the manufacturer was still around I could get some shiny new one! So much for that idea. Ill post some pictures of the hardware later. Maybe people could give me some ideas on how to restore then to their original sheen. I hate pitted chrome.

 

[TheRichMahogany]

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[bananaboater]

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Really nice.

 

[TheRichMahogany]

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Don't you wish there was a way to just keep it bare wood?! I just think it's beautiful as is. To bad the sun doesn't think the same...