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Same plan. And teach my other half to sail in it.

glrose, I've heard of Syd's Tub. Whereabouts are you?

Yours looks like it was fortunately better maintained than mine - and the story is a sentimental read too.

Right. So. Because of where some of the rot is, I'm soaking Everdure into it. I know, this isn't the preferred approach, but I'm simply not going to take the entire hull apart and replace two ribs at...

Thread necromancy time. Having moved out on my own, got divorced and settled down again.. It's time to keep playing the the Heron!

It's been so long that I had to read over my old posts. On...

he he. Oh yay! :) Um, am I better off doing this, or replacing the ply sheet? I've heard no where in Canberra stocks ply. What's the bigger job, given I have to take the keel tape off anyway,...

par and boatkmik... thank you for some straight-down-the-line advice!
(Damn that snake oil is tempting to try though... it sounds so easy!!)

And I have few carpentry skills. Really.

OK guys, I think I'm sold on the epoxy thing. A big reason in that it gets me closer to painting, quicker. That means a quick win with the wife :)

So thanks, any comments on the Rot Doctor stuff?...

Daddles.... you've assumed skill and tools. I might be able to do it. Do you rip the tape off, unscrew the panel, get the nails off, lie it flat on a new bit of ply, cut it out the new bit, and put...

That's cool mike - the deck there has delaminated and perished, so I was doing that anyway :)

OK. More pics. The forward rot is pretty bad. Both of it looks to be in the structure. If I had the skill and tools, I'd seriously think about replacing the hull, but I don't so I will work within my...

PAR... I like the way you think :) The tape has split around both sides of the keel, as you can see in one of the pics. From gleaning all the things said here, what I need to do is get the tape off,...

Hey Hawk - thanks for the info. being so new to this, when people say 'cut out the rot' and stuff like that, my first question is "how hard/expensive is that?". One of those things that's cheap if...

OK, I'll have a look. I don't really know my way around yet.

I think I love this old boat. I couldn't junk it. So if I stuff it up... I'm up for more money/expense/time/effort/grief from the wife...

OK things are getting slightly more scary. Scraping the hull and kind of nearly went though it. More rot on the bottom, and there's a couple of fibreglass looking patches. What's the options? Do I...

Back to my fave subject... me! I've done the stard side! Yay. Starting on the underside. Mate came around and we flipped the boat on the trailer and put a saw horse under it.

Unfortunately... the...

LOL.... no, you're welcome :)

Isn't British racing green a fail on a French boat? :)
Gold - too austentacious
Cream - you and everyone else, buddy :)
Royal Blue.... maybe!!
What about a deep red?

Yes....sorry... guy wires...

Mikey: Yes, it is leaking into that boyancy chamber, but I am going over the whole hull anyway. The last thing I want is to go through almost the right process, put it on the water... and sink! :) I...

Small milestone - the port side is complete :) Hurrah! Still cold enough that when I take the welding gloves off, my hands steam for a minute! So next up will be the starbd, then I'll do the transom...

OK phew - feeling better! Thanks guys. This is my first go at paint stripping. And my first go at a boat, so I think it's right to be nervous! Interesting about that mold stain... but I think it's on...

OK.. someone say something. I'm feeling like I've done something incredibly bad, and no one wants to say....what??

Here's a pic of progress of a couple of hours tonight. The welding gloves have...

OK some pics! I am more than happy to take some positive criticism, as I said - I'm a noob at this. The lowest layer of paint is a real pain to remove, and I think I'm resolving to a little sanding...

Yes me too. And it's only the first night! Had a little smoke in the boat too... oops. Better watch that. What size boat are you doing, and how long have you been doing it?

Hello. This will probably be my only topic... but hell, you gotta start somewhere!

On the weekend, I picked up a 1963 Heron sailing dinghy for $250. Comes with everything, including a leak....

Hello all.

I was put onto this site by a friend when he saw the boat restoration project I was starting. I have little experience with woodwork per se, but a lot with mechanics and some with home...