Hi everyone, I'm Cooper and I know nothing about restoring boats and am glad I found this forum. I was driving to Lowes last fall and passed by this old boat on the side of the road selling for $500. No engine, no windshield but other than some delamiation everything looked salvageable. I have a 24ft pontoon and have always liked the idea of having a smaller older wooden boat so drove home, got my trailer and brought it home. I figured how hard can it be, i'll have it sanded and stained in a couple weekends, then buy a motor and be ready for the spring - that was 7 months ago.
I'm not sure what year it is, the guy said it was a 1963 atom skier but I haven't been able to find any pictures online that match, does anyone have any idea what year this could be?
So far I've applied varnish/paint remover, sanded the whole thing down, put in some wood filler in some of the bad spots, bleached the wood and have added a couple coats of Interlux wood filling stain, I saw some youtube videos from a place called snake mountain boatworks that used it so I figured i'd give that shot. Today I applied some Max GPE A/B Epoxy Resin injectable glue for the delamination, I know the smarter move was probably replace the wood but since I don't know what I'm dong I thought I'd give this a shot.
I have a lot of questions, but to start I'm wondering after I get a few coats of stain on there and repaint the bottom what's next, varnish? Also I don't think the joints are going to be water tight, how do you fix that, it seems like fiberglass is a big no no. There will be a lot more questions but I would appreciate any help, suggestions or ridicule for what I've done so far you can offer.
Thanks for reading and having me in your forum, Cooper.
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