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Originally Posted by Benchmark
What a beauty!
I owned a '67 Chris Connie woodie for almost 35 years, and it gave excellent service in fresh water Georgian Bay.
They need to be brought right up to snuff, and then meticulously maintained. The trick is jumping on any defect immediately. Neglect is what causes expenses to grow! They need to be wooded and put through a shop every 20 years or so....but a lot of the work is easily done by a DIYer.
Then they are easy and inexpensive to run.
https://youtu.be/mqgReTGxL2s
is a video tour.
And this link is documentation of a rebuild...where you can get at least a taste of the work involved.
https://www.scribd.com/document/1422...-the-Benchmark
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I sealed my entire hull in rubber coatings such as Sani Tred Permaflex and Loctite PL Black roof and flashing polyurethane. (much prefer the black PL) For gluing together planks, I used Loctite PL premium polyurethane mixed with sawdust. So the hull is real strong and dry from the sea. I replaced many frames using select pressure treated SYP, had the entire bottom planking off in quarters. I did not sister frames, I replaced frames. My frames sit under large oak floors(joists) and they are spaced every 9 inches. I used 4000 #12 bronze screws, one step up in size from the OEM build. It is still a wood boat, but it is significantly different from most wood boats.
For above the waterline, I dug out all the old cracking linseed oil caulking and cotton and re-caulked with Dynaflex 230.
Most likely when almost all Egg Harbor wood boats are dust, mine will still be floating.