Here We Go Again

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I've got the boat restore bug once again. Theres only one cure for that. So I picked up this 1969 20 sf a few weeks ago. This little boat will make a nice skiff for fishing the upper Sacramento/San Joaquin river during the fall/winter striper runs. I also intend to use it for some lake fishing that the 23 is too big for. As of right now my goal is to make it look like my 23's little brother. I really like the lines of the 20 sf but like others on this board I dont like the two piece construction so I will be making some modifications. Here are a few pictures of the condition it was in when I bought it.It sat half sunk at the local marina. The boat had water up to the bottom of the floor.



I snapped some lines and got intimate with my saw saw.



note the factory lifting eye for lifting the hull out of the mold



My original goal was to get the entire liner out in one piece but that was not happening so I decided to section it off into two pieces. we used a come along and one of the arch entry ways to my property to pull up on the floor and break it free from it's cabosil weld. Theres jared standing in boat. He's serving his seacraft apprentiship right now.



It broke free without too much difficulty... I also know were theres some ocean front property for sale in Arizona.



The stringers are hollow and they will get filled with foam. I will re-use the floor and top cap. To my suprise there was no water in the boat. And very little rot. Here she is gutted.



More to follow

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