Boatbuilding fever WTF is wrong with me?

glatt · 07-15-2013, 12:30 PM

At least the hull still looks pretty good. A few scrapes, but nothing major.
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I wound up bringing it home from the family lake up in Wayne County, PA, and am going to keep it in the back yard for now. At least for the next two years.

I've wrapped it up to protect it from the sun, and hopefully keep critters out of it. But I'm not so sure it's a good idea to inhibit ventilation like this.
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I plan to someday sand the deck down to bare wood and reapply some epoxy. And maybe this time put some UV inhibiting spar varnish on top of that.

glatt · 07-15-2013, 12:31 PM

It got a fair amount of use. But only for a weekend or two a year over 12 years.

glatt · 07-15-2013, 12:32 PM

I wasn't able to keep it at the lake in PA for a variety of reasons, but I'm not too thrilled with it being in the back yard now. Kind of ugly. I wish I had a garage. I'd hang it from the rafters.

Griff · 07-15-2013, 12:52 PM

Put legs under it and call it your new kitchen table.

glatt · 07-15-2013, 01:32 PM

Maybe I could rig up a hay loft door in our attic with a pulley system and store it up there.

Griff · 07-15-2013, 01:41 PM

You'd get a much more useful attic space. Are you going to refinish the boat?

glatt · 07-15-2013, 01:47 PM

Well, the attic has blown in cellulose insulation and no floor, so it gets no use now. But I could, in theory, hang this from the rafters. Maybe put down a narrow walkway over the joists so I can get up there without the worry of stepping through the ceiling.

I'd have to turn the gable vent into a door, make some sort of telescoping or sliding boom and attach pulleys to it. It would probably be easier to build a shed.

07-15-2013, 12:30 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	At least the hull still looks pretty good. A few scrapes, but nothing major. I wound up bringing it home from the family lake up in Wayne County, PA, and am going to keep it in the back yard for now. At least for the next two years. I've wrapped it up to protect it from the sun, and hopefully keep critters out of it. But I'm not so sure it's a good idea to inhibit ventilation like this. I plan to someday sand the deck down to bare wood and reapply some epoxy. And maybe this time put some UV inhibiting spar varnish on top of that.

07-15-2013, 12:52 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Put legs under it and call it your new kitchen table. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2013, 01:41 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You'd get a much more useful attic space. Are you going to refinish the boat? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2013, 12:31 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	It got a fair amount of use. But only for a weekend or two a year over 12 years.

07-15-2013, 12:32 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I wasn't able to keep it at the lake in PA for a variety of reasons, but I'm not too thrilled with it being in the back yard now. Kind of ugly. I wish I had a garage. I'd hang it from the rafters.

07-15-2013, 01:32 PM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe I could rig up a hay loft door in our attic with a pulley system and store it up there.

07-15-2013, 01:47 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, the attic has blown in cellulose insulation and no floor, so it gets no use now. But I could, in theory, hang this from the rafters. Maybe put down a narrow walkway over the joists so I can get up there without the worry of stepping through the ceiling. I'd have to turn the gable vent into a door, make some sort of telescoping or sliding boom and attach pulleys to it. It would probably be easier to build a shed.

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