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I don't know if it is a sawmill or a woodworking shop, but there is a place in Gilman, WI that mills strips for canoes and strip built boats. I have no clue of the name. The folks at the Wisconsin...

There are dozens of small loggers and saw mills in northern Wisconsin and Michigan's U.P. that cut northern white cedar. Andreas

Cool boat. I have never seen a lapstrake runabout with the planking running and curving up to the deck at the bow. Kinda cool. All those that I have seen have the planking running parallel to the...

Thompson Boat Mart at Minocqua could have been the source for your boats at Arbor Vitae. They were a marine dealer owned by brothers Roy and G.Grant Thompson. They sold boats made by Thompson Bros....

The laminating plant at Peshtigo just sent a new glued laminated timber mast to the Sullivan, the second in the past few years. The original solid white pine log masts have decayed.

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A local TV news station in Minnepaolis did the auto thru the ice submersion test recently on Lake Minnetonka. Actually had one of the reporters drive an auto thru a big pre-cut hole in the ice. And...

Glued laminated white oak hs been utilized for ship and boat keels and frames and other members for decades with great success. Use the proper adhesive and gluing conditions (temperature, moisture...

I would be frightened by the seller's statement in the ad about it being stored in a climate controlled warehouse. Sould like heated. That is BAD for a wooden boat. Dries it out like crazy. And there...

Chrysler engines were often used in runabout and utility speed boats by all sorts of builders: Chris-Craft, Century, GarWood, HackerCraft, etc... I have one in my 1963 Thompson Off-Shore 20'-6"...

You should bring her to the Thompson Antique & Classic Boat Rally. 22 June 2013 at Marinette, WI. Or to the Wooden Canoe Heritage Association annual Assembly 9-14 July 2013 in upstate New York. They...

too cool for school!!

Andreas

I think you have more issues than just open seams and cracks. I suggest you remove the splash well and remove the veritical interior boards of the transom. Take a look at the inside of the transom.
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She came in various lengths. For example, the 21 foot Continental model from 1957-1959 had tango red upholserty, weighed between 3250 and 3500 pounds, there were 190 built, had 32 gallon fuel tank,...

Welcome aboard.

The Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club is the place to go. The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA also has the original Chris-Craft company archives. They may have original drawings...

Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. of Peshtigo, WI contracted to make "whale boats" for the US Navy during World War II. Here are two pictures taken during sea trials near Menominee, MI on Lake Michigan's...

There is tons of information for Chris-Craft boats. Very well documented. www.chris-craft.org is the palce to start. There is a Sea Skiff branch.

Find the hull ID and you can obtain copy of the...

My shed 34'x 70' with 12' ceiling height
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I raced on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, MN for three summers. I was floating crew on M-16 scows. I'd jump on a boat that needed crew. I mostly alternated between two diffeent skippers. It was a...

congrats!

I have been attempting to find someone to save this boat for the past few days. No one has stepped up. The owner says he is going to cut it up by this weekend if a buyer does not come along.

I...

Welcome aboard! Yup, the glass is probably not factory original.

Mr. Ole Lind worked at Alexandria Boat Works (ABW) under Boat Erickson in Alexandria, MN. Lind parted ways, with the full blessing...

Definately do NOT wrap it in shrink wrap stuff. That will promote moisture remaining in the encapsulated "tent" you have created. Rot will be likely. Mold and mildew almost assured.

Andreas

Very kool. But "telegraph poles" ?? he must have a way back machine and gone back to the 1850s???

There were a bunch in Menominee, Michigan a few years ago. No idea if any are still there.

Andreas

I agree. NO to epoxy in the bottom joints.

Have you looked thru the discussion forums of the Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club? www.chris-craft.org

From the hull ID you can obtain a copy of the...

nice!

I fully advocate requirement for "operator's license" for boats. There are none in Wisconsin and Minnesota for anyone over age 18. Probably the same in Michigan. There are HP restrictions for under...

90,000 boats is nothing. Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. made about 300,000 boats from 1904 to 1969 when they ceased making wooden boats. Of course they continued in operation as a fiberglass builder...

Okume is a species, yes, and Hydrotek is a brand? What species is Hydrotek?

Andreas

Welcome aboard. Like so many of the small outboard boat builders of that period, the boat probably did not have any hardware (lights, cleats, chocks, horn, step pads, etc...) installed at the...

Thompson Boat moved out of the facility on Ellis Avenue in 1971. They built a new factory on the other side of town and moved there in 1971. They moved from Peshtigo to St. Charles, MI in 1980. There...

28 1/4" sided x 61 7/8" tapering to 18" molded x 107 ft long. 34,054 pounds. Southern Pine bonded with phenol resorcinol adhesive. Nominal 2" lamination thickness....

Looky what I found in my files:
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I have No idea where the image originated. But the bow light right smack dab...

Ribs and keelson and keel and stem and knees are most likely white oak. The cockpit combing and dash also look like white oak. Bead and cover strip planking is most likely Western red cedar or maybe...

I cannot see the details in the photos, after a second review, to tell if it is indeed strip built construction. Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. did offer several of their typical compressed seam, bead...

I second the thoughts on use of a heat gun and scraper. Give it a try.

If the boat spent most of its life in Wisconsin, it may be possible that she was built by one of the numerous Wisconsin...

Nice boat.

You need to remove and replace the rotten and cracked and broken wood. Don't just cover it up with goop and fiberglass.

I doubt Mr. Partee, the builder from Tennessee, had this boat...

Lemonade yellow by George Kirby, Jr. Paint Company to match 1950s/1960s Pettit colour. 1957 Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. 16'-7" Sea Lancer lapstrake outboard speed boat:...

Sounds like the old Koppers Panacolite G1260 gap filling resorcinol adhesive. Borden purchased the former Koppers adhesive business in 1997.

Andreas

Here is a 1959 Thompson of Peshtigo 21 ft. Sea Lane with factory installed convertible top with side and rear curtains. Canvas fabric with aluminum frames....

Most of the old Chris-Craft brohcures have been scanned and they are available on-line at the Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club, www.chris-craft.org

They also have a special interest group just for...

In 1959 your Thompson 15'-10" Sea Coaster could have come from the factory with a folding/convertible top and side curtains and a rear curtain as accessories. Many dealers ordered the boats without...

Your first drawing shows a relatively square keelson. That is definately not how the boat was built by Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. Someone along the line removed the original keelson and replaced it...

Most of the Chris-Craft brochures have been scanned and are archived at www.chris-craft.org the Chris-Craft Antique Boat Club.

Andreas

Here is a sketch from Thompson Bros. Boat Mfg. Co. for the 1962 model year model 900 Sea Lancer:
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Andreas

Appears as if someone made major modifications to the original structure of your boat.

Is there fiberglass on the INSIDE of the hull? if yes, YIKES!

Yes, these are terms utilized by Thompson...

Nice work.

Do NOT fill up the limber holes with epoxy or caulk or other goop. There are small gaps between the ribs and the keelson where the ribs butt up against the keelson. This is to let water...

The flag staff was not pictured.

Andreas

I just looked thru my 1966 Inland Marine Boating catalog. They were a marine dealership in Minneapolis for decades.

There is a bow light that looks just like yours. No indication of the maker or...