thompsondockside.com

Well I steam bent and installed the remainder of the frames for my cedar strip runabout.

I replaced 80% of them and will start rebuilding the transom. I have some 40 year old Honduran Mahogany will be using.

Here is a link to a photo of the completed frames:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/66652366@N02/6205580426/

Excellent! Great workmanship. Can't wait to see pics of the transom.
Karl.

Karl

Thanks!

It has been a lot of fun so far. Starting to move along pretty good. I will put up some photos when I complete the transom.

Steve

Nice work.

I see two different boats in your pictures. One is a model 240 Take-Along (yellow paint with red spray rail) and the other is a cedar stip hull with a front and mid deck.

Andreas

Thanks Andreas

That is a picture of a 240 I found for sale. When I first saw the picture I noticed the trim around the outside edge of the transom. I had seen the same detail on a Tomahawk and wondered if this was typical to these types of boats.

I found out, (I think from you) this is used on canvas covered boats.

Thanks again

Steve

Steve,

You did a great job on your rib replacements. Looks like a new boat.

Keep us posted on your progress.

Good Luck,

Phill

Thanks Phill

I'm looking forward to getting going on the transom.

Steve

Very nice work. Did you also replace the sister keelsons? If so, how did you make them? I need to replace mine and not sure how to duplicate the tapered angle as they run to the front of the boat.

Brad

Thanks Brad

I did not replace them. They had some small bad spots you can't really see that I was able to remove and replace with epoxy filler.

I thought about replacing them if they could not be repaired. If I did I would probably use the old ones as forms and steam and glue up strips and shape it from there.

It is pretty thick material. Im not sure about doing a solid piece.

I hope that helps.

Steve