Yamikaze
Petty Officer 3rd Class
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2010
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I bought a 58 Lone Star Nassau at the end of the summer of 2010. I just go serious about restoring it at the end of July, 2011. The boat was in really bad shape as you can see by the pictures I will post as soon as I find out how. At some point somebody tried to change the transom to accommodate a 20 inch shaft motor. When they did this they cut the fins so they could install the transom wood. They did a much less then professional job of it. Once I found out that I could fix all the holes in the boat, and repair the fins, the game was on.
I did some research on this and other sites, found out how to repair the transom and made a new transom. I used top quality 3/4 inch marine plywood, and System Three resin to seal the wood. I had to plain down the wood on three facing edges so it would fit into the slots of the transom. In order to get it to fit I also had to cut the corners so I could lower it into place. The boat is at the welding shop getting a cap fabricated for the top edge of the transom, and finishing up the fins. The welder has had the boat over a week, but has been real busy on a job outside of town. He says he should be able to get to it next week. I am going nuts waiting for it.
In the meantime, I have been rounding up navigation lights. I stopped by a boat yard not far from my house and asked if they had any old stern lights I could buy. At the time I was standing in their shop and they had an old fiberglass boat sitting there. I told the guy I was looking for a light just like the one on that boat. The guy said OK why don't you take that one there. It was a Jetson telescoping 24 inch without a globe. I said great how much you want, he said take it it's yours. Cool. I had been looking for one for over a year. I knew of one not two miles from my house, but the shop owner didn't want to sell it to me. I tried once again this morning to get him to sell it to me with no luck. I decided to go to a town about 60 miles away because there was several old boat yards in that area. I found the whole top section with globe at the first yard I went to. 5 bucks out the door. By the way, I know how hard these are to find. I saw one for sale on-line last night for $325. and another for $150. I just got mine for $5.00 I also bought a bow light with a cool flag pole.
That is where I am at at this point. I might like to get both lights re-chromed, but I am afraid of how much it might cost me to do that. Now lets see how to post images.
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I did some research on this and other sites, found out how to repair the transom and made a new transom. I used top quality 3/4 inch marine plywood, and System Three resin to seal the wood. I had to plain down the wood on three facing edges so it would fit into the slots of the transom. In order to get it to fit I also had to cut the corners so I could lower it into place. The boat is at the welding shop getting a cap fabricated for the top edge of the transom, and finishing up the fins. The welder has had the boat over a week, but has been real busy on a job outside of town. He says he should be able to get to it next week. I am going nuts waiting for it.
In the meantime, I have been rounding up navigation lights. I stopped by a boat yard not far from my house and asked if they had any old stern lights I could buy. At the time I was standing in their shop and they had an old fiberglass boat sitting there. I told the guy I was looking for a light just like the one on that boat. The guy said OK why don't you take that one there. It was a Jetson telescoping 24 inch without a globe. I said great how much you want, he said take it it's yours. Cool. I had been looking for one for over a year. I knew of one not two miles from my house, but the shop owner didn't want to sell it to me. I tried once again this morning to get him to sell it to me with no luck. I decided to go to a town about 60 miles away because there was several old boat yards in that area. I found the whole top section with globe at the first yard I went to. 5 bucks out the door. By the way, I know how hard these are to find. I saw one for sale on-line last night for $325. and another for $150. I just got mine for $5.00 I also bought a bow light with a cool flag pole.
That is where I am at at this point. I might like to get both lights re-chromed, but I am afraid of how much it might cost me to do that. Now lets see how to post images.
