New Guy

[oldcarverguy]

Hi All,

Thought I'd introduce myself. I have a '32 1975 Carver Mariner that I bought as a complete derelict about 7 years ago. The guy I bought it from was the original owner and tried to cover some of the nautilex with fiberglass cloth and poly resin. Needless to say just about everything from the cabin top down rotted to nothing.

I've replaced all of the decks, support beams and stringers. 3x 6oz cloth on the decks. Also cut new sides and the flybridge is off now. I'm close to priming and painting it. It's been a long, long haul and I've had moments when I just assume cut it up. But it looks like I'm closing in on the home stretch. I hope to have it in the water next season. I've already gone through close to 7 gallons of west expoy.

Here's a old pic from a couple of years ago. I'll snap some more and post them. It looks a little different now.

Look foward to talking about boat restoration with you guys. - Mark

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New Guy

mamoth project.

 

[jcsercsa]

Re: New Guy

welcome Mark !!!! man you dont start small do you !!! that thing is huge !! hahahah well were all here to help all we can !! what have you got left to do to her ?? John

 

[oops!]

Re: New Guy

welcome mark.......love to see how its coming......

great proj.....there is a couple of guys here doin larger vessels.....ill see if i cant find a link for ya

 

[zach103]

Re: New Guy

welcome to iboats..

oops is right. and we have one guy making his vessel larger!

it looks really cool cant wait to see some more pictures. you can never have tooo many pictures on this site.

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: New Guy

here's the link to the other resto: http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=183109&highlight=carver

 

[oldcarverguy]

Re: New Guy

Thanks for the welcome. Right now I'm building side caps that seal the top of the superstructure. Most of the fiberglassed cloth covering up there is in good shape. It's the one part of this boat that seems to have survived intact. The new side caps cover the teak you see and sort looks like the newer 1980'ish Mariners.

Once I glass the new caps on I'll give the entire top a couple of thin coats of expoy. After that I just need to sand all the surfaces for primar and then paint. I've decided not to rebuild the original flybridge in favor of putting one from a similar vintage Lohrs. It's a complete fiberglass bridge and I just don't feel like rebuilding another bridge out of ply-epoxy. I'm sort of in "just get it done mode." I'll have to do some fabrication to make the bridge match up to the control panel but it should look pretty nice. I will, however, lose a very nice teak windsheild setup that was on the original.

Right now the inside is pretty bare except the kitchenett. I'll finish off the inside once I get the outside completed. I'll put up more photos in the next couple of days. I've sort got the bug to keep going and I have to ride it out for all it's worth.

I'm glad I found this site. Most at the club I belong to think I'm nuts for doing this. There are some guys down there that like to get thier hands dirty but most are the sort that just pay for a new boat when the old one starts looking older. So sharing with like-minded folks is going to help keep things going.

Oh the engines are twin 302 Fords with a Wakashaw setup on walter-V drives. They spin freely and have been pickled pretty well so I'm hopful that it won't take too much to get them going when the time comes. It's also got an Ohnan's 6.5KW gen.

-Mark