Name is Jaison from Albany, Western Australia, and looking for advice on a little passion project:
My dad and I have regained possession of a 21ft boat that my grandad built from local 3/4" jarrah plank when he was 16. He's since passed, which was what spurred us into getting her back again. Short version of her recent history is that she's been out of the water for 10 or 12 years now and has dried and shrunk right up. We've got the gear here for the re-caulk job but I'm a bit stumped (coming from the world of aluminium and steel) as to whether or not we should try to get her to swell a bit or lay it in while she's dry and the seams are open, then leave a sprinkler in her and get it to take up before giving her a splash?
Another issue is that in the process of drying out some of the ribs - we think they're karri - have cracked and the prev owner has installed some pine sister ribs while dry. Are these likely to swell with the planks and be ok or is it likely to all take up differently and cause us headaches?
Thanks in advance, I'll upload some pics when I can get them off my phone and onto photobucket
Cheers
Jaison
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