Yellow Submarine

[DLNorth]

Wow. Thanks for the video, you have a project on your hands.
And I second the "where are you planning to use it"? Lake Winnipeg?
Dan

 

[mbroughton02]

That boat is awesome! Would take me years to redo, but I think I might need to start looking for one.

 

[pckeen]

That will be a nice boat. Is there a head?
Where will you be using it when you're done?

There is a head (portapotti), but I don't know whether I'll keep the bathroom or not.

Wow. Thanks for the video, you have a project on your hands.
And I second the "where are you planning to use it"? Lake Winnipeg?
Dan

Most likely the Wabigoon chain of lakes or Lake of the Woods, maybe Lac Seul.

That boat is awesome! Would take me years to redo, but I think I might need to start looking for one.

Thanks - Chieftains come up several times a year.....and MBS is catching....

 

[pckeen]

So the cabin is now empty - a lot of the wood in the bathroom, kitchen counter and kitchen draws were damaged. I'm scrapping it all but keeping some for templates. Don't think I'll put the upper cabinets back in, as they blocked the windows. Here's a short video of what the kids and I accomplished today.

 

[Watermann]

There sure is a ton of room inside the big Chiefs cabin, you could really go all out in there with some cool stuff.

 

[DLNorth]

You must be due North of us, by a few (100) miles, up in God's Country.
When growing up, we often took family (fishing) vacations up there.

Most likely the Wabigoon chain of lakes or Lake of the Woods, maybe Lac Seul.

Dan

 

[GA_Boater]

She's a good project, Peter. Big, too!

Lotsa help from the kiddos - Tear it apart, sell it. LOL

 

[pckeen]

My 9 year old has already told me I can't sell this one.

Some more progress today. Helm out, cabin walls out, interior panelling off, roof off, about half of the carpeting out, and the bow deck piece is out. When I took the dash out, I discovered there had been an electrical fire on board the boat at some point. The wood was badly burned around some electrical wiring.

There is nice DRY polystyrene flotation foam at the front - so nice it could be reused. I also found what looks like a piece of clingwrap there. It's clear that someone did a partial refit of the boat at some point, but they never tore it apart.







Couple of interesting finds as I went. There is this resinous material at the front - seems to serve the same purpose as Gluvit. Anyone know if this would be original to the boat?



And as for the "seal it up or leave it unfinished" debate about plywood decking - the bottom of these side panels have seen a lot of water over the years from the stains on them - but they have been finished with some sort of varnish - still solid. The unfinished wood was falling to bits, particularly where the exterior deck met the cabin.

 

[Watermann]

That redish colored material in the keel is factory applied sealer that we affectionately call "SC smeg". You'll find it elsewhere too. If it's good and not peeling off leave it alone and apply gluvit over it after cleaning.

 

[Decker83]

Your getting a lot of work done. Looks good..

 

[pckeen]

It just wouldn't be a teardown without a mouse nest.



​The interior floor is now all out, and fortunately I had a cleaning crew wanting to help....





​Next job - get the exterior deck, wiring harness and steering cables out, then it'll be the engine's turn to come out.

 

[BWR1953]

Man, that thing is HUGE!

Cooooool!

 

[pckeen]

So a few questions.

As I got towards the middle of the boat, where the cabin bulkhead was, the floors got worse and worse. The worst area of rot was the lowest part of the deck - in the sunken area where the door is. There was nowhere for water to go once it landed there. Basically, water down there would just soak into the carpet and wood, staying there until the boat dried out. Can anyone suggest a solution for this? Should I build a grid into the floor? Just suck it up and live with it?

​Second, there are twin gas tanks in the boat - side mounted. Here are some pics. How do I get them out?

 

[classiccat]

I assume the other end is a similar configuration. I'd core-out those outer 2 bucktails then pop them off with a chisel; the entire z-bracket & retainer will come off.

 

[GA_Boater]

I'll guess that a similar bracket/retainer is used on the other end of the tank, popping the rivets like CC said would be the way and the other end can stay. The tank can slide out of the other retainer and out.

On the wet decking, what are you planning for covering - Carpet or vinyl? If you use epoxy and glass cloth to seal the wood and then cover with vinyl, the deck should last a long time by shedding water. A drain or two like a transom drain can be added on the low sides of the step down for standing water to get to the bilge.

 

[Watermann]

Wow, a Colossal under taking done in short order, nice work in the tear down.

In the low spot on my Chief I put in a drain with a tube that can evacuate the water into the bilge.

Yeah I agree, I would drill out the 2 rivets that are through the hull and remove the tanks bracket and all. If not used again you can just plug the holes with a couple solids.

 

[Candutch]

I think I would drill the center out of the 3 holding the bracket to the z brace and pop the heads of with a hammer and chisel. That way you aren't taking the rivets out of the outer skin, if you decide to put the tanks back you can re-attach bracket with ss bolts and locking nuts. If you don't replace you can just leave the z bracket where it is and not worry about having to install 2 new solid rivets in the outer skin. But that's just me, I'd rather avoid replacing solid rivets if I can since I don't have the tools. unfortunately after my drilling mishap I have 1 to put in my outside skin now.

 

[DLNorth]

Wow, you are getting some work done. And making memories with the kids.

I'd also remove the 3 rivets and not disturb the outer hull.
What's holding the tanks up? must be something under them to support the weight.

Dan

 

[pckeen]

So a little more progress this wet morning. Fuel tanks out, most of the trim off the exterior deck, and the padded trim is now all out.



​After I removed the fuel tanks, I poured a little gas out of each. Gas out of one came out nice and clear and clean, the gas from the other came out in a rusty colored liquid, that had the texture of very thin paint.....

​Both tanks also had separate gas caps for filling.

​So what do you think? Try to keep the tanks and clean them, or just scrap them and buy new?

 

[Candutch]

I don't think I would bother trying to salvage the one that the rusty goop came out of. If you are not adverse ti spending some cash going with an under floor tank would be your ticket. Lots of great builds on here where the guys have gone that route and I recently read one where the OP posted the model number of the tank he used, just can't remember which thread.
Sell your good tank on kijiji to fund a new under floor tank.
Which method did you decide to go with for removing the tanks?