Building a copy of a 50s wood row boat

The rails are installed, the bottom is sanded, sealed, and painted. The boat is now right side up, permanently. I hope..

 

Beautiful craftsmanship. Thank you for sharing your work

 

Ladder framed keel is very interesting and the bottom of the hill is pretty flat

 

This one will have a 25 horse outboard. Bouncing across the tops of the waves requires a little more structure than a human powered boat would.

 

Pretty cool !

 

I'm impressed and I don't like boats. I want at least one foot on terra firma.

 

Impressive skills and work

 

I’m with noboD, Terra firma for sure. But I’m curious about the materials you used on the bottom to seal and paint it. My father was into wooden boats, and his Thompson was refinished in the mid 60s. All I remember was that it had an anti-fouling coating that was copper of some kind, paint, thin sheets, or??? I don’t know.

 

Necessary in the ocean because the Toredo worm would eat the bottom out!

 

The gray is an epoxy barrier coat, for waterproofing. The green is just urethane paint, just for looks. Antifouling bottom paints come in a lot of colors, copper-bronze being one of them, it does have some copper in it. If a boat is stored in the water it needs something to inhibit growth on the bottom. This one will be stored on a trailer so no need for it.

 

Lots of sanding!!