Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Wooden Super Sailfish Restoration

We picked up wooden Super Sailfish in Greenville, SC this Summer. The boat was found in a warehouse in Auburn, NY and then spent some time in a barn. Her name is Zsa Zsa, and she had all of her parts except the rudder pin and a sail...well, she had remnants of a sail.

We sailed her and she filled up with water, so we put her in storage until we had time to inspect her more thoroughly.

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013
From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

L-R: Super Sailfish MK II (fiberglass), Super Sailfish (wooden), Sunfish (wooden).

From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013
From SBR 2: Jun 2013-Dec 2013

The squirrels got us started on the restoration by chewing off part of the decaying keel, so I opened her up to see what else was rotting.

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

Stem is rotten, hull is severely checked and keel is split. I can save some nails, the chine, the deck and the frames.

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

I didnt' think Zsa Zsa was factory built, wasn't sure if she was kit built. Looks like this boat was built from the Alcort plans vs a kit. The 1/4 inch plywood and foam are not marine grade, in fact I don't believe the plans even called for foam. Also heavy doublers were added to the frames. The boat should weigh just over 100 pounds, so she needs a makeover.

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

From SBR 3: Jan 2014-

to be continued...

For the full Pickin Story: Wooden Sunfish, Wooden Super Sailfish and Super Sailfish MKII

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