I have been sailing for the past week in Florida and have been busy with my business plan to start chartering classic yachts on nearby Lake Erie so, I have not had much time to write about wooden boats.
The latest boat in the shop is a new Geisler cedar strip. She’s an 18 footer with walk-through decking mid-ships. Some people know them as the cedar strips they used as kids in northern Ontario. These boats have been manufactured by the same company “Geisler Brothers” for a very long time. I think they are pushing 60+ years in the business. Now, the nephew is taking over and we are hoping to buy the boats already made to our standards and finish them ourselves. The finish would be of a higher caliber than the “work-boat” type that most people remember. Our shop can put a finish on these boats after sealing the inside with penetrating epoxy and giving the bottom a new epoxy and cloth bottom. Because these boats are notorious leakers when not always in the water , this would make the boat water-tight and trailerable.
Custom windshield frames and steering wheels as well as gauges will set the boat off. We also intend to put a cedar plank floor inside and two “glove-boxes” with lockable hardware. All cleats will look retro and they will be chrome. Stainless trim will cap the boats rails and stem.
With a motor provided by the customer and a new trailer provided by us, we think these boats will sell.
I have repaired a few of them and they are very difficult to fix when they go bad on the bottoms. The wood absorbs water and it cannot go anywhere because Geisler fiber-glasses the bottoms on the outside but, does not prevent the insides from taking on water. We hope to remedy this problem of longevity with a good sealing inside the boat using penetrating epoxy and then applying at least 8 coats of top quality varnish. All decks and seats will get the same treatment.
I’ll keep everyone posted on the new venture and if I could post pics, that would be great!
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