Lake Champlain Antique and Classic Boat Society member, Chaz Link, has entrusted his 26-foot Lyman Cruisette, Hull #RC1086 that left the Sandusky factory in 1967, complete with seamed teak-planked decks, to Snake Mountain Boatworks where she will be undergoing a major preservation of her decks and gunwales, and, it turns out, of the framing beneath them. We will also strip and repaint the entire hull from keel to gunwales, and do some major repair to sections of the transom and aft planking on the starboard side.
Here you will watch her as we carefully inserted her into one of our preservation areas. Yes, pulse rates rose, but in she went.
1967 Lyman Cruisette – How to De-Plank
It's three days following the Lyman's arrival. The cabin roof and house have been removed ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette has Landed
Removing the 26' Lyman Cruisette from its trailer and lowering it onto boat dollies gives ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – How to Replace Transom Section
We are replacing rotted sections, followed by veneering them in ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – How to Repair Gunwales Gone Bad
Lymans, as well as any other antique or classic wooden boats depend upon their gunwales ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – Reinstalling Her Preserved Hardtop
At over eight by nine feet, and recovered in glistening new Stamoid, reinstalling the Drake's ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – Emerging from Preservation
The Drake is a 26' Lyman Cruisette - Hull # RC1086. The Snake Mountain Boatworks ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – How to Cut the Foredeck Hatch into New Teak Planking
The air is electric as Brian prepares to cut an 18" diameter hole in the ...
1967 Lyman Cruisette – Rot Unveiled When Varnish Stripped
We truly believed we’d found any and all rot existing on Eagle’s hull, but forgot ...