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<Don't do that: you will "perforate" the canvas like if using a punch. Use a small awl instead , whose pointed end will do only a small hole in the canvas, and re-paint after to fill these holes. >
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Hi all -

Been a while since I sought your sage advice for Folkboat Nais. I beseech you yet again. I have noticed several small lumps pushing up my deck canvas. As they are in a line, I must assume...

The bar, er, bilge will be open aboard the Nais tomorrow after 3PM till closing time on Sunday. Any of you Puget Sounder's coming up, please drop by for refreshment and a yarn or two.

jgk

&lt;I HAVE PURCHASED A FOLKBOAT THAT WAS BUILT IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. &gt;

Welcome to the club, Mayona. Find Nais, my folkboat, at Jeff's Nais photo album.

Good luck with the restoration. Pics...

&lt;So here goes, can I use an oil based flat house paint to paint the interior of the cabin on my GB woodie?&gt;

As above, yup. I use Sherman-Williams semi-gloss oil based house paint. Have fun.
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&lt;You are talking about the jumper stay cross bar. Sort of a triangle thing? Hmmm, mines made out of steel. &gt;

Yup. Most of the Folkboats use a bit of steel it seems. But mine is a shaped 1x2 piece...

Hi all -

Well, had a less than gracious gibe in a 30 knot gust the other day. Got the top of the main hung around the spreaders on Folkboat Nais. Finally got her turned so that the wind pulled the...

Z-Spar glazing putty works for me.

Stunning!!!!!

Alain Vilage is a very good surveyor here in PT. Find him 360 344-3607.

jgk

Way to go!!

jgk

Well, laying fresh plastic sheet before AND after sanding down below, followed by very skimpy varnishing attire solved the interior dust problem. But a warning: don't forget the thinner on the...

Thanks, fellas!

jgk

&lt;I get more sags, runs, oldmaids&gt;

Well, I can only speak to Epafanes in this regard, but you may be getting more varnish on than you need. A good badger-hair brush will hold more than a foamie, I...

So what specifically isn't working with the badger hair brush? Sags, runs, etc? What kind of varnish? What are you mixing into the varnish? I get good results with a badger-hair brush and Epafanes...

&lt;We're throwing in the towel.&gt;

Well, it was a dandy effort, Bruce. But I agree with Noah: rescuing the poor girl had nothing to do with her form or function; just that she was a damsel in...

&lt;. In studying the varnish products available he said Epefanes is by far the best.&gt;

I've been very pleased with Epefanes. Takes a bit of thinning, but very nice results. One recent post spoke of a...

Hi all -

Thought I had that this brush painting thing worked out with last year's haul-out (last year was the first time I painted a hull). Not so. Whatever magic I did last year I couldn't repeat...

&lt;Now I just worry about reptiles. &gt;

Goodness. This is not a plant? You have lizards on your boat?! And in the paint no less? Tops me in the animal department; I just have cats and otters.

&lt;Check the weather report&gt;

Right. Checked the newspaper for temperature and precipitation. Didn't listen to marine forecast for wind. Sigh.

I need a frigging barn!!!! Just finished "final" (yeah, right!) exterior varnishing. Now there's a 15 knot wind kickup all over the yard. Sheesh.

&lt;One tip that will help reduce dust in your varnish is to position your piece so that the varnished surfaces are vertical.&gt;

Right. I tried tipping the boat to get the interior positioned properly,...

&lt;Naked. And shower first. &gt;

Well there ya go. I forgot the shower &lt;g&gt;.

Thanks for the advice gents. Got the long extension hose for the vacuum. Have always done my varnish sanding by hand so no...

Hi all - My first time varnishing down below on Folkboat Nais. Very difficult this! Have used fresh plastic sheet to seal off all but sanded areas. Removed plastic, vacuumed, wiped and tacked. Still...

&lt;I suppose my real worry is that I'll buy her, spend a gazillion dollars fixing her up&gt;

You will, of course, spend at minimum a "gazillon dollars" (in time as well as in money) fixing her up. So...

&lt;You have captured the essense of wooden boat ownership

Well Scott, "write what you know" is the old adage, I believe. I was just feeling so dejected the other night having missed yet another...

Lovely!!!!

It's the first of winter. At last I can turn my attention to wooding fifty years of dinge and oil left to accumulate on the interior iroko that was used to build the house of Folkboat Nais.

I...

Great project, great work!

jgk

Hi Malcolm -

I'm coming in late to this as I haven't checked the boards in quite a while. I've got a Folkboat as well. Do a search on Nais on this site and you'll find some pics. Sounds like...

Borax and a bit of epoxy - both sound reasonable.

Thanks for all the input.

jgk

Thanks all. I didn't get down with a camera today. I don't believe "rot" started this. It was probably a surface tear in the canvas beneath the hatch front side where caulking has been "scratched"...

Hi all - Well, last week I was asking about goop to seal between hatch side and the deck canvas. Well, sadly, the canvas right beneath the forward hatch piece has torn. Perhaps over the years that...

Thanks, gents. I do have quarter round around the vertical (90 degree) pieces. But this forward hatch component is angled off the deck at about 45 degrees or so (see below). So in all its 52 year...

Hi all -

Around where the forward hatch sides come in contact with my canvas deck, there is the foremost section that has always had some sort of filler in a 3/32" gap between wood and canvased...

&lt;and the glass seems to be holding.&gt;

Is this the good news or the bad? Dunno. You wanna sail a wooden boat sometime within your lifetime and within a reasonable budget, I presume? This may not be...

Lovely!. How about some pics inside the cabin?

jgk

Great job! Happy sailing.

jgk

MikeP -

Building a Grey Seal? Wonderful. Have suggested this boat to a friend who is a sailor, not a builder. Know if any of these come up for sale? Probably not likely as there probably aren't a...

Built (or mostly built) a S&G Pygmy Wherry. Goes together easy enough, but becomes bothersome if the pieces don't fit just so. If gaps exist and you try to pull 'em together too much, you get some...

&lt;I notice that the boat next to yours has winches for the jib sheets on the coaming where yours are on the cabintop. I have winches to place, what's your exPerience with them?&gt;

JMAC, most...

Well, anudder Wooden Boat Festival has come and gone here in Port Townsend. Great fun as always. I count 10 above deck on the Nais shown below. Wasn't counting who was below decks at the time. Maybe...

&lt;But if a boat that has a keel that is loosening up, there would be signs first, right ? there would be water in the bilge, some softening of the wood around some nuts and bolts, maybe soft frame...

&lt;and of course there's a woman to blame for it all.&gt;

Met her. Like her. What a cutie! How'd you rate, mate &lt;g&gt;? All the best. Best of luck in the San Juans (especially carting that hound dog off...

&lt;For the record, we're 26 months into what we thought would be a three month project. &gt;

Ah, I see this is one of the speedier wooden boat projects ;) .

I thought I'd have my cockpit all...

&lt;20-30k.&gt;

For 32' of boat that will likely need all new floors and keel bolts just for starters? No bargain here, me thinks. If you have $30K to put in a boat, you can likely pick up a...

&lt;How about the hood of your car????&gt;

You've seen my car, eh?

Well, I'll try salt water and simple green and see how it turns out.

The unfinished teak of my cockpit sole is looking a bit stained and smudged. How do you all freshen this up? My inclination is to just give it a good sanding, assuming most smudges and dirt aren't...

"how big of a job is replacing keel bolts"

Well in my case, twasn't just the bolts, but all the floors that went with 'em as well. So you better be very much in love with this boat or be able to...

Say, a day or two away, and yet more "filler" suggestions. Love this forum. Thanks again.