I have decided to replace pretty much all of the frames, enough of them have rot and/or breaks that I would just be worrying about the ones I left behind. I haven't pulled any out yet to see what the planking underneath looks like, but overall the planks look like they might be OK. The sheer planks are pretty rough, I think as a result of the decks leaking for a long time.
I have built a kickass steamer box for the upcoming frame job, out of an old turkey fryer, and assorted furnace duct parts. The burner sounds like a jet engine (and living in the shadow of Boeing Field, I sure as hell know what a jet engine sounds like!), and will boil 3-4 gallons of water in no time. It also looks more like a meth cooker than anything I've built before. If there were any grizzled Appalachian hillbillies walking by, they would probably say it looks like a moonshine still, but it's the 21st century for pete's sake, get with the program!
This is what one of these beasts looks like if you were to remove it from your yard and put it in the water:
And here is me on my old Blanchard. Note that life has not yet crushed my gentle spirit. I also seemed to have hair:
2 comments:
Tidy bilge, that's a good start. What's happened since?
Hey did you die yet, and is this still in your back yard? That will be a great boat.
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