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Well, I redid the new gunwale (about 80 percent new wood). Its all glued and screwed in place. I will let it set up for a day and remove the clamps and hope it all turned out. Thanks for the help! Next project will be the keelson! Rich http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb15/kc8qnf/Boat%20and%20Camp...

Absolutely a beautiful Boat!

Rich

Joe, Wow thats great! I never thought to use an grinder! Where did you get that cutter head on your grinder? I ended up making a jig for my router and didn't like the way it was working (never been comfortable using a router). So I rough cut my scarfs with a hand saw and table saw then cleaned them ...

Thanks Joe. Not sure what I was thinking there! Andreas even said to use a scarf in a previous post. The board is 7/8" thick. Would a 8" scarf be good enough? I have never made a scarf joint so in the next few days I will practice on some scrap wood. I am going to try and make up some sort...

Thanks! After looking at it a bit I figured I was using the wrong approach. Back to square one I guess. Good thing I asked before gluing it all up. This forum is great for us guys that don't really know what we are doing yet. Now I just have to figure out how to make a jig or something to do one of ...

I have been thinking about the gunwale repair I made in the last post. I used more of a miter joint than an actual scarf joint. I planned on joining it at both ends with glue and biscuits as well as screws. Would this be sufficient? Or should I redo it with an actual scarf like you would do on plywo...

I am slowly making progress on the boat. I cut out the rotten wood in the gunwale. I picked up a plank of rough sawn white oak and cut the heart wood out of it and made my new piece for the gunwale. I just need to mill it down a bit more and it should be good to go. http://i211.photobucket.com/album...

Hi John, Yes it is pretty strong. I think it was probably neccesary because of the plastic hull. Its about 1/2" thick and is 2 thin layers of hard plastic with a foamed plastic core. (5 layers according to an old brochure). I have not pulled the keelson's apart yet, (found some rot on one) but ...

Andreas, Thats interesting! Seems like they may have been 20 or 30 years ahead of their time using the royalite hulls. The royalite seems pretty tough to me. There is a few scrapes and small gouges in mine, But what is really neat about the stuff is that it seems to have a memory because of the foam...

Joe, Thanks for the info! I should be in the Detroit area in about 1 week. And I will check them out. Right now while I am waiting to get the lumber I need for repairs, I started striping and taking apart one of the seats. Some of the boards on the seat back are warped. In the past I have straighten...

Andreas, I think it must have had some sort of flooring down the center. There are three beams going down the center. I am sure they have names (keelson?) haha. And there is old screw marks (2) about every foot or so Looks like something was fastened there at one time. Plus the hull in the center be...

Anreas, Thanks for the help! And yes I was talking about the gunwale, I learned something already! I have been around boats most of my life but never picked up on the proper termenalogy. I have even done a lot of mechanical work on large boats. The repair on the gunwale you described is pretty much ...

Hello, I have just started restoring my Royal-Craft Royal Deluxe 15. I would appreciate any suggestions and Tips before I get to far into it. This is my first boat restoration project. Most of the wood is solid. There is some rot on the port side top (a filler board that runs from the keel to the bo...