QC
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Some of you may have seen a thread in non-Boating tech about lifting and flipping a boat . . . Well I have been spending a ton of time researching this, and I have finally convinced myself to buy a project boat and what a project it's gonna be! This is a partially finished (poorly) Glen-L Monaco.
She is 19'4" with a 6'7" beam. Inboard direct drive, that is supposed to be a replica of a 1940's vintage Chris-Craft Racing Runabout:
The first guy did all of the hull building which is very stout, but when he got to finishing he cheapened out and used paper thin type veneer instead of thin Mahogany planks (confusingly called veneers). To attach it he really screwed up and used something I can best describe as rubber cement and the entire thing is delaminating.
The second guy (who I bought from) built a 350 for it and added a Velvet Drive 1/1 trans. He is going to move up to a big Chris Cruiser for offshore and retirement
He also bought an old trailer that still needs some mods, but he did all new bearings etc. He also procured a sheet pile of vintage deck hardware, gauges, linkage pieces, exhaust trumpets, propellers, stuffing boxes, shaft logs, prop shafts, rudder, etc. I also got the manuals, plans, receipts, etc. etc. etc.
Well I was going to try and save the sides and finish them naturally as they should be. The builder guy also screwed up by doing a carp job of epoxying the lightweight fiberglass matting. Basically if you look closely you can see the weave everywhere and it will never be right, so I have finally resigned to paint the sides. Here is what I think I will do with that. The dark line aft is going to be a combo splash rail swim-step.
The hull itself appears to be very good. All epoxy encapsulated, all of the battens, frames etc. are all correct, so I think it is a very good platform to work on. I plan to strip the deck of the carp he did and use Mahogany planks (veneers) as it should be, and I am going to add the same type planks to the transom. I am going to go with the vintage look above for the deck with a white interior. Trailer will be white too. I paid $7K for the whole shooting match and figure I could easily get that if I parted it out. I plan to finish her though and sell after playing a little this spring. Not the right boat for my family, so we won't keep her, although the boys are already lobbying . . . I haven't sold either my Tinny or the Carrera, so this is boat #3 in the family right now. Shhhhhhhh, Mrs. QC hasn't said "sell" any of them yet
I'll be posting in the proper areas for lots of help. Thanks in advance!!
She is 19'4" with a 6'7" beam. Inboard direct drive, that is supposed to be a replica of a 1940's vintage Chris-Craft Racing Runabout:
The first guy did all of the hull building which is very stout, but when he got to finishing he cheapened out and used paper thin type veneer instead of thin Mahogany planks (confusingly called veneers). To attach it he really screwed up and used something I can best describe as rubber cement and the entire thing is delaminating.
The second guy (who I bought from) built a 350 for it and added a Velvet Drive 1/1 trans. He is going to move up to a big Chris Cruiser for offshore and retirement
He also bought an old trailer that still needs some mods, but he did all new bearings etc. He also procured a sheet pile of vintage deck hardware, gauges, linkage pieces, exhaust trumpets, propellers, stuffing boxes, shaft logs, prop shafts, rudder, etc. I also got the manuals, plans, receipts, etc. etc. etc.
Well I was going to try and save the sides and finish them naturally as they should be. The builder guy also screwed up by doing a carp job of epoxying the lightweight fiberglass matting. Basically if you look closely you can see the weave everywhere and it will never be right, so I have finally resigned to paint the sides. Here is what I think I will do with that. The dark line aft is going to be a combo splash rail swim-step.
The hull itself appears to be very good. All epoxy encapsulated, all of the battens, frames etc. are all correct, so I think it is a very good platform to work on. I plan to strip the deck of the carp he did and use Mahogany planks (veneers) as it should be, and I am going to add the same type planks to the transom. I am going to go with the vintage look above for the deck with a white interior. Trailer will be white too. I paid $7K for the whole shooting match and figure I could easily get that if I parted it out. I plan to finish her though and sell after playing a little this spring. Not the right boat for my family, so we won't keep her, although the boys are already lobbying . . . I haven't sold either my Tinny or the Carrera, so this is boat #3 in the family right now. Shhhhhhhh, Mrs. QC hasn't said "sell" any of them yet
I'll be posting in the proper areas for lots of help. Thanks in advance!!