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Now that I actually think about it, I know someone who might be interested, though he's more of a wood guy than a glass guy.
What "deck work" is needed, specifically?
If you are coming to the Turkey Shoot at Yankee Point she is on the hard along the main road. Owner is aboard the trawler next to the travelift slip. Ask for Chris.
Falcon,
Is your Frisco Flyer wood or plastic? I knew a guy who had one that was all teak. Very sweet, but, one of the many plastic boats I'm thinking about is a FG Folkboat.
Years ago, the gentleman who started the Turkey shoot regatta came down to my boat to try to get me involved. I can't recall his name. He was cruising around looking for classic boats for his race. Unfortunately, the race was held over the Thanksgiving weekend and, given the choice of racing or staying married, I chose the latter. I remember he was sensatized to epoxy & , when he redid his deck, he cut and dry-fit the parts and his wife glued it all together. What a wife...
What a coincidence that she's next to the aluminum Saugeen Witch I have been admiring (remotely) for months.
Small world, two very nice boats side by side.
My project is the later (1967) fiberglass variant. It is basically a folkboat with a raised doghouse. Lots of teak inside and out. Its the classic story, saw the boat neglected in a boatyard, fell in love with it, had Tim survey it and refused to take his advise. I have lots of photos of the ongoing restoration if you are interested and will attempt tp past my first sticky photo of her comming west from Maine.
Falcon,
A FG Folkboat w/ a doghouse...[sigh]. My first boat was a 1955 Danish lapstrake Folkboat in larch. A great boat, but w/ very limited head room. That was way before I developed my appreciation for doghouses. Assuming it has the same rig and ballast ratio as the original or even International Folkboat, there is practically nowhere you could not go in that little boat. My mainsail fit in a luff groove in the mast that would whistle like hell when the sail was stowed and the wind was right.
Please do put up more photos. I'd love to see them.
Are the cabin sides FG wrapped in wood or just wood?
My Flyer has a solid fiberglass cabin with a 1/4" layer of teak on the outside and a plywood/teak venneer layer on the inside. The outside was very weathered and several small checks had developed, but I think that I have been able to stabilize that with multiple coats of Epifanis varnish.
The inside of the cabin was destryed by water leaking in from the ports and I removed the wood down to the underlying fiberglass. I have since made new pannells from plywood and teak veneer. I havent bonded the pannels to the cabin sides yet... I was thinking of using something like liquid nails...or do you think that West System epoxy would be better?
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