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[nedL]

Yes, I suspect hot molded, or “molded plywood”. This is how they were built.
Can be repaired, but a bit tricky, and working with mahogany...

[nedL]

I have seen her over at Sag Harbor over the past couple of years. She is magnificent, and doesn’t look like she just sits.

Classy in every...

[nedL]

You might try for liability only to get going.
Aldo, try Geico through BoatUS.

[nedL]

As others have eluded. It looks like more of a stem problem than a plank issue. Unless the fastenings have pulled through the planking,

[nedL]

You will most likely be required a “suitability for insurance” survey (not as comprehensive as a pre purchase survey.I would recommend seeking out...

[nedL]

As Todd said, I would not attempt this anyway other than to lay the cloth on “dry”.
I used pieces of HDPE cut from the sides of gallon milk...

[nedL]

Great to hear from you again Bernadette, and good to hear you’ll be getting back at it!

[nedL]

I used 6 oz cloth & lapped the seam down the middle about an inch. (As mentioned, don’t butt it. I used epoxy and wetted it out just enough to...

[nedL]

Not something I would even consider given the small potential monitory savings vs the high risk of problems and headaches.
I don’t even really...

[nedL]

Agreed!

You will likely have no luck with those registration numbers. Registration in many (maybe all??) states used to be with the USCG....

[nedL]

That's pretty neat. I have seen all sorts of folding / collapsible boats, but this is the first of these I have seen.

[nedL]

I completely agree....

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I will do a bit more looking. GarWood also built some similar models, and would have been more inclined to originally put a Scripps in than Chris Cr...

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I do believe these are the same boat. There is that piece of hardware right at the break in the shear, the back of the side windows are radiused...

[nedL]

I think regardless of who built your boat a Scripps V12 would be highly unlikely to have been an original engine. A Scripps V12 is a massive engine, that...

[nedL]

Agree with teak (being a Grand Banks, and the appearance).
the planks may have originally been glued, or splined and glued and the glue is letting...

[nedL]

That “hole” up foreword is one of a pair of “docking lights”. There is a matching one on the other side. They were “a thing” years ago, not...

[nedL]

A beautiful little boat.