Thread: Restoring a Tum27

Mik used have have our boat moored Port Adelaide Sailing Club next to the Birkenhead Bridge contiuous diesel fallout and road grim with bridge being above your boat was shocking now where at St Kilda the boat certainly stays cleaner apart from swallow crap. I used Endevour oil on the gunnels and changed to Deks Olje think it does a better job used it on the hand rails to but have them off at present and I am going West System 107 then varnish over the top the rails are design for easy removal to revarnish off the boat on regular basis. Your doing well Mik with the size of your post all your imformation is always a good read for ideas except sometimes I think I can hear Richards brain overloading from this side of town and wait in anticipation for the explosion.

Originally Posted by STEPHEN MILLER

sometimes I think I can hear Richards brain overloading from this side of town and wait in anticipation for the explosion.

BANG

Can see the MUSHROOM cloud from up here good thing theres no wind so the fallout will stay where it came from

Just a note about spotted gum - we have it laid as a house deck and it seems pretty stable. I also used it for rubbing strips on an old cruiser, got it in about 8m lengths. It can have an obstinate grain, which makes it difficult to plane or machine unless tools are very sharp. Heavy, strong, and accepted a sheerline bend with a bit of persuasion.

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Hi Everyone.
or get a copy of a cool little pamphlet put out by WEST "Wooden Boat Repair and Restoration" - it is about $10 with heaps of useful information.

Michael Storer

Well Michael, you are a generous man. In the 24 hours since I picked up my "new" boat, a beautiful old plywood NS14 with the sail number 2587 (and the mysterious letters BMFG on the stern) I have gone through many many pages of your website and many of your postings (and others on this forum). Man does this newbie have a few things to learn if that old girl is ever going to feel water on her hull again.

I would like to find this pamphlet that you've referred to but I can't find it anywhere, including the Westsystem sites I've found. Could you please post a URL or other address for someone who distributes it.

Thanks, Rik

Howdy Rik,

I think the F is an expletive. It is in the right place.

Would be great if you can start a restoration thread and post some pics. As you don't intend to race it simplifies things considerably.

Did you get a mast and sails? Foils and boom?

Those ply NSs are a delight which I have mentioned elsewhere.

The advantage is that if you put up some pics and write about what you think are the problems (with specific photos) then I and others can offer suggestions and call each other all sorts of names!!!

Actually it has seemed to work quite well. There are a couple of quite lengthy threads about restoring specific boats on this site.

My FAQ has some suggestions but it takes a bit of experience to know where to start in amongst all the possibilities.

Best wishes
Michael