Restoration tip for pond boat deck dings

by | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized

I don’t know if this is unique but I have done it a number of times These old boats are 50 to 100 years old and have not always been treated nicely. Dings and gouges can be found mostly on the deck and sometimes on the hull. An age old trick is to use steam to...

Restoration tip

by | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized

I was cleaning out the kitchen spice cabinet when I found a whole tube of wooden, round toothpicks and it reminded me of a trick I learned. Many times these old pond boats have iron screw eyes, (I use new brass eyes when possible) and removing these old eyes can be...

SUMMER 2020

by | Jul 5, 2020 | Uncategorized

Well Fourth of July has just passed and we are hanging on! Here in Florida the virus count keeps going up and we are being careful. I have lots of boat hulls to restore and my sail maker is closed in a restricted community so we are pretty safe. I have boats from 19...

by | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized

Now that many of us are home I would like to advise you of The Vintage Model Yacht Group and attached an issue from last year. It is mostly made up of old guys like me who treasure the antique sail boat models of the past and offers ideas about modern ways. I will...