Check out this very original Haines 1600SO ski boat. The owner was in two minds about whether to restore her or buy a new boat. So he asked us to give it firstly a health check to make sure there wasn’t anything majorly wrong with the old girl. Surprisingly the bones of this boat were […]
Traditional Lapstrake Dory Project – Timber Boatbuilding Medowie NSW
This is the second post covering this project. It is progressing well with the internals and decks now fitted. We left off when we had painted the outside of the hull and turned it back over. The first thing we did was sand and epoxy coat the inside of the hull. Then we epoxy primed […]
Classic Timber Boat Refurb Conclusion – Boat Restorations Medowie NSW
Carrying on from an earlier post, this project has now been completed and launched. We left off finishing the internal fit-out and mainly cosmetics externally. The timber trim inside was done in clear Oregon to match the decks, even the two tables were finished to match. New opening brass portholes and air vents were installed […]
Classic Timber Boat Refurb – Boat Refits Newcastle NSW
We were called in to refurbish this beautiful classic carvel hull trawler style cruiser. The first thing we did was to survey the boat from stem to stern. This uncovered a lot of dry-rot in the superstructure where the cabin sides met the deck. Over the years this had caused some major structural problems in […]
Classic Ski Boat Repair – Boat Repairs Medowie NSW
A very rare sight is this classic timber ski boat, built in double diagonal Oregon and sheathed in glass. We were contacted to repair the prop and rudder support bracket which had broken away from the transom. The owner tried to repair this himself but it broke again. The challenge was that there was no […]