rjoynt
11-28-2004, 06:07 PM
Three weeks ago, in Ohio, my 1957 Lyman floated for the first time in years.
I bought a 1959 16-1/2' Lyman a few years ago. It was in pretty good shape, other than it was sitting outside, partially covered, in the middle of winter, for the second year in a row. After bringing it home, and telling my wife that it was going in the garage (read: boathouse) for a very short time, it proceeded to 'move in' for about four years. The first thing I did was take off the blue tarp, and to my amazement, it came off and so did the varnish under it. I then proceeded to inspect the boat a little closer and discovered that the previous owner had fiberglassed the boat from the waterline down. Needless to say, it came off, thanks to my trusty heatgun and scrapper. I do not profess to working on it non-stop; we all have other things to do in life, but I made it through because of my love of wooden boats, Wooden Boat, and the LBOA. So after totally stripping all of the varnish and paint, and applying numerous coats of traditional white paint and spar varnish, it was ready to go. So, last weekend, on a cold but pretty Sunday morning, we launched in Pymatuning Lake. It had a 10hp Evinrude (1957) that wouldn't start, but thanks to an electric trolling motor, we were off. The boat did 'seep' water for the first hour, the bilge pump came on four times in the first hour, but rarely afterwards. Overall, very pleased with the experience. (Can't figured out why it was 'glassed'. Next year, the LBOA will definitely see me out at the meets with it (I haven't missed the Huron show yet). Watch for a 16-1/2' with the numbers OH 0246 HH (historical numbering). It will be the one with the smiling boater in it.
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I bought a 1959 16-1/2' Lyman a few years ago. It was in pretty good shape, other than it was sitting outside, partially covered, in the middle of winter, for the second year in a row. After bringing it home, and telling my wife that it was going in the garage (read: boathouse) for a very short time, it proceeded to 'move in' for about four years. The first thing I did was take off the blue tarp, and to my amazement, it came off and so did the varnish under it. I then proceeded to inspect the boat a little closer and discovered that the previous owner had fiberglassed the boat from the waterline down. Needless to say, it came off, thanks to my trusty heatgun and scrapper. I do not profess to working on it non-stop; we all have other things to do in life, but I made it through because of my love of wooden boats, Wooden Boat, and the LBOA. So after totally stripping all of the varnish and paint, and applying numerous coats of traditional white paint and spar varnish, it was ready to go. So, last weekend, on a cold but pretty Sunday morning, we launched in Pymatuning Lake. It had a 10hp Evinrude (1957) that wouldn't start, but thanks to an electric trolling motor, we were off. The boat did 'seep' water for the first hour, the bilge pump came on four times in the first hour, but rarely afterwards. Overall, very pleased with the experience. (Can't figured out why it was 'glassed'. Next year, the LBOA will definitely see me out at the meets with it (I haven't missed the Huron show yet). Watch for a 16-1/2' with the numbers OH 0246 HH (historical numbering). It will be the one with the smiling boater in it.
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Bob
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