Trumanwalker
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So I picked up a wooden sailfish a few weeks ago that needs some work.There are 3 noticable holes one next to the mast step on the deck, one on the bottom and one little one on the side. I am also missing the keel strip but other than that it's mostly there. I started by sanding the whole deck, and then removing just enough to replace the damaged part of the deck. After doing that I realized I should probably just replace the whole deck. The next day I went out and bought okoume Marine plywood for the decking(they did not have Douglas fir in the right thickness). So I removed the whole deck and good thing too because one of the bulkheads was loose. A squirrel had also decided to make a home in it sometime in the last 60 years so I cleaned that out too. I believe the boat is a factory built(originally light blue) sailfish from 1952-1954 beacuse the rudder bracket says pat pending. I am planning on clear varnishing the whole boat after applying west systems epoxy. Hopefully she will be seaworthy by the 4th of July. That's the plan at least!