Wooden Boat Winter Workshop 2006- Antique and Classic Boat for Sale in Muskoka


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Winter Workshop 2006

A great event organized by Gary Getson and Dwight Boyd at his Shop in Campbellford Ontario. Located on the water with a main building where he has 4 Launches underway and a HandyBilly also partially skinned. Outside in his storage area was a number of Launches and a 25ft Gold Cup Racer and a Seabird Hardtop among other boats. The walkway between the two buidings is separated by his overhead haul out system that will accommodate a 35ft boat.

It was a treasure to see some of the great boats that Dwight and his staff of 4 have been busy building and refinishing including a 16ft Speed Boat based on the Delta Design, a beautiful 19ft Speedster with a wonderful raised and flowing curved cowling, as well as the Graceful 29ft Lauch and Opresey 3 which was in for a nice varnish job.

I really enjoyed learning about sand paper, head off to Napa or UAP for your quality supplies, use pro products from 3M and Norton,such as the Gold and Champagne Lines. It cannot be stressed enough to use a backer material such as rubber from an intertube, the computer mouse pad, the foam mattress from Canadian Tire glue the backer materail on to the custom made sanding block with contact cement and your sand paper will last a whole lot longer..let us not forgot the hook loop Line of sand paper for quick installation and removal to your custom made board for fairing. You want your sand paper to cut, not clogg and remain sharp. If you are going to use a sander get a professional RANDOM Orbital sander. Sand with the grain and sand carefully as it will show when you stain.

80 & 100 grit to cut and remove, sand 120 by hand, remenber you cut your varnish from 50% up when doing your coats, sanding in between to level with 220 grit for approx 5 coats, then wet at 400 grit for up to 8 coats, you can use methly hydrate and cheese cloth for getting the dust up.

The next speakers were Pam and Dan Truax from "Ship 'n' Shore Canvas". The spoke about interior fabrics, boat covers, the importance of keeping the materials clean and mildrew free and using the right material for the right application.

Stan Hunter then spoke about oars and how they are made relating to the size of the row boat, watch for pinching your thumbs, and of other expert an Older gentleman from the Kingston area who is also a Vet who shared a few moments with everyone.

I really enjoyed hearing Steve Killings discussion about boat design and the relationship of working with a builder who reads and builds the plans, how flat bottom boats are the fastest and hardest riding boats, how a 8 degree angle from the keel to the chine will make for a softer ride. He spoke about propising which is caused by the bottom sides not being semetrical (check your bottom framing and fairing) and boats with the nose riding high..you can add bags of sand in the front to change your center of balance or add a very fine shim that runs from 0 to a 1/4 inch max over 8 inches in length the entire width of the boat. This will help do away with cavitation plates and make boating more enjoyable.

Now that was quite a day.

Hope you enjoyed yourself at the show and hope you enjoyed the recap,

Neil

www.portcarlingboats.com