BoatBuilds.net: BlackJack Cutter by workboat

[Jon]

This 21' cutter, restored by workboat on WoodenBoat.com, is a painstaking restoration of a 1970s-built 1860 boat design.

The restoration began as just a repair job to fix a water-damaged deck. However, the deck replacement turned into a larger project for restoring the deck beams, cockpit, and reworking the interior.

What's interesting here is how particular boat builders are about their wood finishes. The builder wanted to finish the deck using historically-accurate finishes, most notably an ancient "boat soup" recipe. Other builders chimed in with a variety of recommendations for preventing rot: linseed oil, gum turpentine, Stockholm tar, Japan drier, CPES, beeswax, etc.

One commenter, named Bob Cleek, really nailed it when he said: "People have been trying one thing or another for eons and at the end of the day, it's all BS. If anybody had invented or discovered a rot preventative, everybody would be using it by now and there wouldn't be any rot problems anymore."



BlackJack Cutter by workboat on WoodenBoat.com

BlackJack Cutter by workboat on WoodenBoat.com

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