We had our 1950s Alcort wooden Super Sailfish ZSA ZSA out for a photo shoot in the morning and then pulled out our 1963 Alcort wooden Sunfish CHIP to check the rigging. So while they were exchanging notes we took some pictures.
Here's the first time they meat, 2013 near Spartanburg, NC.
During the restoration of ZSA ZSA we found styrofoam inside and some extra framing, we removed that to bring her weight down a bit. Turns out we dropped 8 pounds down to 134! Factory kit weight advertises 102 pounds for marine grade plywood and Phillipine mahogany, that would be for a dry boat. We left some of the added framing inside under the seating area and added a toe rail and rub rail. Plus primer and paint. We also discovered that the deck had been replaced, that plywood seemed to be fir and a little thicker. Regardless of a few extra pounds, she sails great!
Regardless of a few extra pounds, she sails great!
Trimmed the toe rail a bit to fit for the bow handle. The wooden Alcort bow handles have a tab that wraps the bow, and another strip attaches below and wraps the keel.
Keel strip wraps back about 16 inches.
Attached mast collar with #8 silicone bronze screws, drilled a pilot hole that matched the screw shank diameter and a countersink for the head of the screw. Attached the halyard cleat with the vintage Alcort bronze screws.
Drilled pilot holes and attached eyestraps with vintage Alcort bronze screws.
We like line bridles, the original boat would have had a 2 loop or 3 loop plastic coated wire bridle. 2 loop bridles are the standard today on new boats.
Attached the bow line and splashguard. Splashguard functions more as a handhold or foot rest.
The stockings were raided, dinner finished and still a few hours left before sunset, so we rolled ZSA ZSA out to Skipper's boat hoist and flipped her.
Drew the arcs for the graphics on each corner of the hull. Extremely technical, only a few folks are qualified to do this step.
Applied a coat of TotalBoat WetEdge Fire Red with a 2 inch angled sash brush from Lowes. Skipper likes the short handle of the sash, it is lighter and easier to maneuver in tight spots. Taped along the seam with blue tape and free handed the arc.
I was thinking that the HEUER GARAGE sign should really be JACK'S BOATYARD, but he was not responsible for the acquisition of ZSA ZSA, that responsibility rests on Clark and Skipper. Jack was only responsible for ONKAHYE, CYANE, WAVE, MADISON, PHOENIX, SCOUT and LEWIS. SUGAR 2 to some extent.
First coat of TotalBoat Halcyon Amber Gloss on the blades and mast collar.
We pulled all the bottom nails, we can reuse a few but ordered a pound of #14 silicone bronze annular ring nails from Jamestown Distributors. There were no extra nail holes so that must have been the original bottom. We also removed some keel batten screws and will replace those.
We are pretty sure this was a kit boat from the factory, and the assembler added some extra bracing and foam when they put it together. We took out the extra lumber and will add back a better butt block for the plywood deck seam.
