Woody Bucket List #1 & #2: 2010 Lake Tahoe Concours d'Elegance BOUND!!

It's A New Woody Day!!

You have to understand these boys live and die for their woodies.  I am going to give these boys their own "Woody Bucket List".  Let's start with item #1 and item #2.

the "Woddy Bucket List"

1. Chris Craft 1946 Cust 20' 100% Restoration JUSTICE debut @ Concours d'Elegance
2. Chris Craft 1959 Continental 21' 100% Restoration TWIN FINN debut @ Concours d'Elegance

JUSTICE
JUSTICE  was found next to a barn in Hagerman, Idaho.  A gentleman whom originally purchased the boat in 1946 had it "parked" next to his barn for the last 30 years because of a water-line leak.  My woody boat builder husband, Don Hardy, bought the boat behind my back (oops, did I say that??).  It has remained in our covered storage since 2001.  The Wolffs, residing in Washington, came into our shop in 2008 and purchased the old grey woodie with a total restoration.  So.......the boys have been working on it ever since.  Remember:  the words "100% Restoration" mean everything is new:  new wood for EVERYTHING (bottom, ribs, frames, keel, side panels, top deck, hatches and on and on), new screws, bolts, gauges, hinges, motor, chroming, deck lines, water lines, CPES, 3M5200 bottom, varnish x15 with wet sands in between and on and on........that's a LOT of work.
The Wolff's named the boat JUSTICE in remembrance of Julie's father, Gerald Weston, a well known judge out of Canyon County, Idaho, whom loved wood carving and wooden boats.
Okay........enough sentimental stuff;  on to the boat...............
This is the photo of the boat in 2001:

       

             Say good-bye to the original "Craft"

Now.........the old grey woodie is flipped and bottoms up!!  It is used as a template/pattern for the new restored boat. Everything needs to be taken off screw by screw, bolt by bolt;  everything is numbered/labelled, saved/baggied ect, ect. All of the "bones" of the boat need to be re-produced and "sewn"/"lofted" together

for levelness and floating value!

Bottom Bones and Ribs.....Gone!!

Templates are created for Reproduction and Restoration

Here we go!!  The backbone and ribs begin!

 

Nicel!

 

the boat builder guy

 the 3M5200 Bottom

Bottom On

CPES

Baggie Wrapped

Barrier Coat........Now we flip her!

A template "deck" is made to take on/off; genious!

Incredible! these guys are good!

Check that out!!  Whaallaa!! New bottom and top deck framed

oops!!  needs a new transom, too!

that's better!

the side planks are steam bent into shape,

screwed (nothing but siliconized bronze screws),

glued and bunged

(sounds like a good movie, ugh?)

and a boat is born;  Front end

Back end;  amazing transom beauty and framing

WOW!

the old wood tope deck planks are used

as templates to cut and lay the new top deck

WOW! now all of the boat is planked and bunged

 sanded and sweet!

Now...notice the fine razor cut line on the upper transom;

characterisitic of this model;  that is made with a steady hand!

 

the "blonde" wood in the decks are actually bleached wood

totally a piece of art

now, not to be the butt end of a good joke

butt.............

 to see JUSTICE complete 

you'd better be @ Tahoe

See you There!!

Until tomorrow..........it will be the debut of Twin Finn!!