Re: 1961 53' Huckins Linwood Restoration Project
Hey all, been traveling a bunch for work but I have been doing work on her, and have plenty of photos to show you guys. I haven't decided anything on the Teak aspect yet, was just considering it. I have been doing a bunch of research on Huckins and looking at ones from the era and style. There seems to be a lot of different ones out there and it seems hard to find an original style because they are so old, many have been restored by personal style of the owner.
If you have any place that has photos of original Huckins that would be awesome because a lot of this Im doing from ones that are being sold.
Slmith- you can send me a private message on this site or at
ninjadesigns289@gmail.com Would love to discuss construction issues with you.
Surlyjoe- the boat was taken out about two years ago and had a full inspection done on it so I believe the ribs are all sound but I will be doing a check now that you mentioned it. From the old logs it seems its never been too far off shore before so I don't believe it has taken much abuse.
Ned L-I had a question about you mentioning them not varnishing the Mahogany. The previous owner was telling me otherwise and when he sold it said that all the wood trim just needs to me sanded and stained. Im using Cetol, believe that's the right term, oil based for my trim staining. What is your opinion?
Here was the work process for the massive 13ft beam across the stern:
So obviously the wood filler applied to the massive crack really stands out so I will be applying some stain/paint with a fine brush to the filler putty that should match the stain of the wood and come back over with another coat of Cetol on the entire thing and hopefully hide the putty discoloration.