Renovating an old Lund

[Willmus]

This spring's project is renovating my Dad's 16 foot Lund. She's equipped with a 40hp Mariner. The hull is in sound shape, despite being dinged once or twice in her lifetime. Originally, this boat had 4 pedestal seats but I plan to only install two seats and have a large casting deck on the bow, which will give ample room for storage. No live well, no massive rod storage (room for about 6 rods, 2 per person), nothing fancy. This will hopefully keep the floor space open.

My checklist so far for things that need doing goes as follows:

1) tear up old floor
2) clean hull
3) prep hull for repainting
4) beef up flotation foam
5) rebuild floor
6)build casting deck
7) rebuild console
8) new bilge pump
9) repaint exterior of hull
10) test float
11) screw everything together
12) rebuild seats

I'd love to test float the boat, but I can't until we re-license her and the lakes thaw, so until then nothing major will be fastened down just in case some catastrophic leak has occurred in the last 9 years.

Here's my first weekend summary:

Old deck has been torn up, all the seats and pedestals have been saved for later. Larger debris has been removed from flotation (along with grass and fungus). Finally, old paint is being removed via a brass brush and primer has been applied as a test.




Thanks for looking!

--James

 

[fishin98]

Looks like you have a really good project boat. Is that Mariner a 2cyl?...If so, they are tough old motors, easy to maintain. SAVE the old floor, as you can use that as a pattern for the new one. Looks like a interesting project.

 

[Cat nip]

Thats going to be a really nice boat when you are done.

 

[Grandad]

Hmmm .... Brass doesn't usually play well in the sandbox with aluminum. I haven't had any direct experience with using a brass brush on aluminum, so I'm just wondering. Although brass is tougher than aluminum, it will wear down. So could some of the worn off brass particles embed the aluminum surface and cause corrosion or paint problems later? May be no worse than steel, perhaps. Just asking. - Grandad

 

[TruckDrivingFool]

In case it hasn't been said formerly

:welcome: to iboats Will!

Looks like you have a great starting platform be interesting to see what you make of it.

I believe the preferred wire brush material is brass but know it plays way better than steel.

With everything out you could do an on trailer leak test by just filling with water. Would save some time and effort.