| Macatawa Bay Boat Works Premium Restoration |
| New Project - Updated February 1, 2010 |
| 1957 Chris Craft 19' Capri |
| A well preserved boat that came to Macatawa Bay Boat Works from the mountains of South Carolina for a full restoration. |
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| The team at MBBW got right on this project by rolling the boat over, removing the old bottom, assessing the condition of the structural members of the hull which are good. We sealed all frames and made repairs as needed, we removed and reinstalled the chines and keel with 3M-5200 marine adhesive and new stainless steel bolts. |
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| Removal of the old bottom is a group effort! |
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| Once we determined we had a good foundation to apply a new no-soak/no-leak 3M-5200 double bottom, we began with the first step by installing the inner layer consisting of premium Okoume Marine plywood, Lloyds registered and manufactured to British Standard #1088. |
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| The new mahogany outer planking lumber stock has been selected and resawn to book matched pairs, then milled to final thickness. |
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| We soak some of the lumber used at the bow to allow it to bend to the curve more easily. |
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| Here, Nate dry fits and begins the installation of the first plank row pair |
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| continuing down the keel with the first plank row pair |
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| With the outer bottom installed and the 3M-5200 Marine Adhesive cured, we have filled the screw holes and sanded the bottom into fair. We have sealed it prior to paint. |
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| Painting the bottom Jade Green |
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| Rolling it back over to restore the hullsides and decks |
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| Rolled back over, we remove the deck planking to reinforce the deck structure. |
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| With the deck structure cleaned up, repaired as needed and reassembled with 3M-5200 adhesive, it is ready to have the deck reinstalled with stainless fasteners and 3M-5200 |
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| We were able to reuse the outer, mahogany stained deck but the inner deck that is finished as bleached blond was stained and had to be remade with new mahogany. The entire deck is fastened with new screws and 3M-5200 so that it will be much stronger and the expansion/contraction splits in the varnish at live deck seams will be eliminated. |
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| With the deck complete and reattached with 3M-5200, new stainless fasteners and new mahogany for the blonde areas, we now begin to remove the hullsides to reattached them with 3M-5200 |
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| Above the hullsides are glued on and when the it cures, we counter sink and start to fair in |
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| Above we are installing the wooden bung caps over the screws, they will get cut flush to the hullsides and then the entire hullside will be sanded by hand to make completely smooth and fair. |
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| Bleaching the hullsides for color uniformity prior to stain |
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| then applying stain to the hullsides below |
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| bleaching the blonde center then staining the mahogany part of the deck and transom |
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| Getting into more coats of varnish and starting to look good... |
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From here the boat will receive a custom leather interior followed by new chrome, original Chris Craft gauges restored with custom colors to match the interior, mahogany floors and shipsides, a new V-6 fuel injected engine and associated mechanical restoration, a custom full mooring cover and a MBBW custom inboard trailer. Please check back as this project continues . . .
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Macatawa Bay Boat Works
297 S. Maple Street Saugatuck, Michigan 49453
Phone: (269) 857-4556 Fax: (269) 857-4218
e-mail:
sales@mbbw.com
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