1956 cruiser inc. restore

BrittaniB

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Hi,
My husband and I just purchaced a wooden1956 cruiser inc. 16 foot as a project we can work on together. It has been garage kept and is for the most part in excellent condition. The previous owners, however, had it on the wrong trailer with rollers. So where it has set for the past couple of years there are indents in the keel. Any advise on how to properly restore this? There is no rot in this boat. Just indents from improper storage on ill fitting trailer. This is our 1st boat restore project. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
 

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TruckDrivingFool

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:welcome: to iboats Brittani!

Nice looking boat, I'm sure if you post up some pics of the damage area from varying angles and scopes the greater minds can help you two through a proper repair.

Option#3 is the best and seems to get better results

 
BrittaniB

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Thank you! We have been working today to just get the weight evenly distributed along the keel instead of just the few roller points. The damage is where the front of boat has been sitting on roller. It's indented in. The photos look pretty bad. But the wood under all this goop that they put on this bad spot feels solid. We are planning to just remove whatever all this junk is to get a better look.
 
wellcraft-classic210

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I am not a wood boat expert -- but it looks as if some of the wood may have decomposed in some of the pictures and that may be the root of the problem.
 
Ned L

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We can see the area you are concerned about, but as you can expect, we can't get any idea about what is going on. Once you have removed the goop could you post more picture so we can see what's going on.



As I mentioned on your other thread, cruisers built a nice runabout.
 
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gm280

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I see some extensive rot going on there. Take a couple pictures a little further away so we can get a better idea where this rot is located on the hull. But I do see some real work ahead for you guys to fix. JMHO!
 
Ned L

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Ok,... We're starting to get an idea of what's going on now. Unless there are buried problems (which there may be) we are still talking 'peanuts' here.
If you look at one of the pictures you can see where the false stem meets the keel. You can also see the "stop water", that little round dowel right where the keel, false stem and the bottom of the boat all come together. (I'll let you look up stop water to understand what it is there for.)

It looks like the majority of damage is in the bottom of the stem and not in the keel.
What does the inside of the boat look like right in that area?? Before you go further I would suggest removing the floorboards to see what things look like inside. We can then go from there.
 
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Ned L

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Honestly,... It's still to early to be talking about what to do. You need to figure out everything that's going on first.
A 'fix' may be really simple or it may be more involved, just don't know yet.
 
Grandad

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I agree with Ned. Pull up some floor boards and check the hull. This won't be a fill the hole and patch repair. It certainly looks do-able, worthwhile, and will be a nice boat to have when repaired. Any point below water level must be solid and well painted with an impervious coating. You can't get that if the wood is soft or patched with goop, particularly at a point that may contact rollers, etc. - Grandad
 
Grandad

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OK. You posted just as I was composing. That still looks do-able. You'll need to replace anything soft or punky, both inside and out. Fasteners need good purchase as they sandwich the inside and outside together. Hopefully the hull skin is still salvageable. - Grandad
 
Ned L

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Ok,... So someone has certainly been doing things in there. (I can see what's been done, but On my cell phone I can't see some of the real small nitty gritty details that I would like to see. That will have to wait until tomorrow when I'm on my PC.)
At this point I would say you need to work to lee move as many of the floorboards as you can so we can see the whole picture of what's going on.
I suspect I know what caused the initial problem on the outside, so I'm optimistically hopeful for what the rest of the inside looks like.
Unfortunately it's still to early to talk about a 'fix'. ..... Might still be easy, might be more involved,.. or might be more. You just don't know yet.
 
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