Ein kleines Stück Holz, das viel Arbeit macht | WANDERER Restaurierung
Ahoi Wanderer
1,660 views
Sometimes it’s the small things that take the most work during a restoration.
At the bow of WANDERER, I had to replace a completely rotten wooden strip between the coaming and the hull. Water had obviously been getting in there for many years, and the old wood had become so soft that I could almost pull it apart with my fingers.
I removed the rotten remains piece by piece with a chisel. Some old nails were still driven through the coaming into the rotten wood, so those had to be removed as well.
For the replacement, I used a piece of pine and shaped it to fit the gap. The tricky part was getting it to follow the curve of the bow.
I soaked the wood in water for two days, hoping it would become easier to bend. But even this relatively soft pine remained surprisingly stiff.
So it took a lot of cutting, sanding, fitting and bending to slowly get it into the right shape.
Once it finally fitted reasonably well, I fixed it in place with screws and left it for several days to dry and hopefully retain some of its new shape.
The underside was then reinforced with fiberglass and epoxy resin to create a strong connection between the new wood, the hull and the coaming.
And of course, to do that, I had to turn the whole boat upside down.
It’s one of those jobs that will hardly be visible once the restoration is finished. But it is important for the strength and long-term survival of this old wooden dinghy.
And once again, I was reminded how much work can go into even the smallest part of an old boat.
It also gives me a lot of respect for people who build boats completely from scratch. I already had a finished hull to work with – and even so, a small repair like this can take several days.
This video is a little more detailed and slower than some of my sailing videos, so I’ve added chapters to make it easier to jump between the different stages of the repair.
Chapters:
00:00 The Small Job That Takes a Lot of Work
04:10 Shaping the Strip Further
05:19 Closing the Gap
11:06 Making the Strip Narrower
12:07 Finally, It Fits
12:46 After Several Days of Drying
13:05 The Bent Strip
13:38 Preparing for the Epoxy
14:23 Finally Moving On
14:40 Securing the Coaming
15:55 Filling the Gaps with Epoxy
16:29 Clamping the Coaming and Deck Together
17:35 Adding Fiberglass and Epoxy
18:31 Applying Several Coats of Epoxy
19:55 The Connection Is Solid
20:18 Sanding and Finishing
9 Comments
Finde sieht gut aus.
Liebe Grüße Matthias
🙂👍
Warum eine Kieferleiste, wenn am ganzen Boot nirgendwo Kiefer verbaut wurde?
Hinweis: Das Boot hat nirgendwo eine Süllleiste, du hast eine Scheuerleiste aus Mahagoni unterfüttert!
Und warum Löcher in die intakte Scheuerleiste bohren und mit Schrauben fixieren, wäre auch mit Schraubzwingen oder Spanngurten möglich gewesen. Und … hast du die Löcher anschließend mit Holzzapfen aus Mahagoni wieder verschlossen?
Bitte nicht als Kritik verstehen, nur als Anregung, es freut mich immer, wenn alte Holzboote erhalten werden.
Ein kleines Stück Holz, das viel Arbeit macht | WANDERER Restaurierung
Ahoi Wanderer
1,660 views
Sometimes it’s the small things that take the most work during a restoration.
At the bow of WANDERER, I had to replace a completely rotten wooden strip between the coaming and the hull. Water had obviously been getting in there for many years, and the old wood had become so soft that I could almost pull it apart with my fingers.
I removed the rotten remains piece by piece with a chisel. Some old nails were still driven through the coaming into the rotten wood, so those had to be removed as well.
For the replacement, I used a piece of pine and shaped it to fit the gap. The tricky part was getting it to follow the curve of the bow.
I soaked the wood in water for two days, hoping it would become easier to bend. But even this relatively soft pine remained surprisingly stiff.
So it took a lot of cutting, sanding, fitting and bending to slowly get it into the right shape.
Once it finally fitted reasonably well, I fixed it in place with screws and left it for several days to dry and hopefully retain some of its new shape.
The underside was then reinforced with fiberglass and epoxy resin to create a strong connection between the new wood, the hull and the coaming.
And of course, to do that, I had to turn the whole boat upside down.
It’s one of those jobs that will hardly be visible once the restoration is finished. But it is important for the strength and long-term survival of this old wooden dinghy.
And once again, I was reminded how much work can go into even the smallest part of an old boat.
It also gives me a lot of respect for people who build boats completely from scratch. I already had a finished hull to work with – and even so, a small repair like this can take several days.
This video is a little more detailed and slower than some of my sailing videos, so I’ve added chapters to make it easier to jump between the different stages of the repair.
Chapters:
00:00 The Small Job That Takes a Lot of Work
04:10 Shaping the Strip Further
05:19 Closing the Gap
11:06 Making the Strip Narrower
12:07 Finally, It Fits
12:46 After Several Days of Drying
13:05 The Bent Strip
13:38 Preparing for the Epoxy
14:23 Finally Moving On
14:40 Securing the Coaming
15:55 Filling the Gaps with Epoxy
16:29 Clamping the Coaming and Deck Together
17:35 Adding Fiberglass and Epoxy
18:31 Applying Several Coats of Epoxy
19:55 The Connection Is Solid
20:18 Sanding and Finishing