Chris Craft Restoration Photograph Slideshow | Arrival to New Bottom Installation

In this video I am talking through the photographs of a Chris Craft I have been restoring. This video runs from the arrival of the boat up to the second layer of planking that has been applied to the boat. The next stage after this is to turn the boat over and begin doing the side planking before the final bottom layer goes on over the top.

This is a 1936 17' Chris Craft Deluxe runabout. I have changed the construction from the original boat to have a completely cold moulded bottom. All of the wood used in the new construction so far is Sapele. Everything in the boat is coated with West System epoxy and glued in place with thickened epoxy. The bottom on this boat was stapled in place with Raptor plastic staples and then vacuum bagged.

More photo slideshows will follow on as the project progresses. I have also videos the whole process of putting the bottom on this boat so I will release those videos once they are edited.

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