10' Davis cedar skiff 1920-40's

[Alaskan]

I am looking at epoxying thin strips if wood with a corking seam into many of my corked out seams on my classic skiff.

She was built in Metlakatla, Alaska and was a skiff aboard our family Purse Seiner- "Jean D".

I am anxious to row her again out in lake Washington and the Sound.

Any suggestions?

Bruce

[Cuyahoga Chuck]

If you are trying to do an end run around a conventional caulking job it is not likely to work. Caulking can seal as the planks take up or dry out. If you stick something rigid in there that interferes with the movement of the wood you are asking for trouble.

[pcford]

I did a Davis skiff several years ago for a member of the Davis family. It was quite an honor. (For you not familiar with the type...it was a boat built for small scale fishing...by the Davis family...native Americans) Like yours, the seams had become too wide and it was unusable. I replanked a fair amount of the boat, as well as replacing the stem and transom. It was a bit longer than yours. 12 or 14ft? I doubt if a 10 footer is going to be very pleasurable to row...the model I had was more of an outboard than a rowing skiff. Before I put it on a barge for Alaska the owners came down and I borrowed an antique outboard and took them for a spin around Lake Union. Fun.

The repairs were a bid; $5000 and I shorted myself. And this was fifteen years or more ago.

Good luck...don't know if I can be of any help...but write if you like.

[Alaskan]

The 10' Davis is the best rowing skiff I ever rowed. It is a square stern and glides forever with it's long keel. It can really move also and is an excellent sea boat.

Bruce