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Week of June 16-20, 2025

6/20/2025

Lyman Islander

Our sign guy, Mike Gregson of Gregson Signs, came by to do the lettering on The Lazy B this week. Caity has been working on sanding the sides in preparation for painting.

Concordia Sloop

Shane has been working on the seats and floorboards this week. He's run everything through the planer to take off a layer of dirt and paint, sanded edges, bunged and epoxied screw holes, and he's just about ready to prime all these pieces!

SuperSport

Shane fit and installed the aft sub-bottom plywood structural pieces and the new inner planking layer on the transom.

Sportsman

Jack and Caity milled new book-matched wood for the forward covering boards on the deck. Jack started fitting all the deck covering boards. Shane painted the floorboards in preparation for covering them with flooring material.

1947 Chris Craft Deluxe Runabout

Caity has been steadily working on these bungs! There are so many!

Punt

Gary finished up the details on the punt and Jack delivered it to Roaring Gap this week.

Week of June 9-13, 2025

6/13/2025

We've been all over the place this week! Jack took a day trip up to Roaring Gap to deliver a boat, work on some boats at their moorings, and bring another boat back to the shop. Gary went up to Kerr Lake to do a marine survey.

New Boat (a Roaring Gap boat)

Jack picked New Boat up last week and brought her back to the shop, fixed the steering, and took her back to her boat house this week!

Eeyore (a Roaring Gap boat)

Jack brought Eeyore back with him from Roaring Gap and we're getting the prop to motor coupler machined.

Lyman Islander

Caity has been working on sanding the exterior of the Islander this week and Jack put more of the interior back together.

Concordia Sloop

Shane has been working meticulously on the details of this boat.

Punt

We've got some of the interior pieces out for fresh varnish.

1947 Deluxe Runabout

We've got two coats of primer on the bottom of this boat. It's almost ready to right!

Sportsman

We laid out all the deck and floorboard pieces of this boat this week to see what could be used and what is missing or needs to be replaced. Shane is working on the floorboards.

SuperSport

Shane installed the battens on the transom this week. The word batten refers to a strip of wood used to strengthen something or hold it in place. These look like they'll do a great job!

U-18

Jack's got the pressure washer and the ShopVac out today doing a final bilge clean out.

Continental

Jack adjusted the existing bunks on the trailer to provide a better fit and added some new ones as well.

1958 Continental

We don't have any pictures this week, but Gary dropped off the upholstered interior pieces at the upholsterer in Raleigh. That's an exciting step!

Riviera

This boat passed its sea trial and is ready to go home. Check out that gorgeous trailer!

Week of June 2-6, 2025

6/6/2025

Gary and Jack spent a day up at Roaring Gap delivering a boat, checking out and servicing several other boats, and bringing one back to the shop.

Budsin Lightning Bug

The guys brought this gorgeous boat back from Roaring Gap and Jack has already fixed the steering linkage.

SuperSport

Shane has been working on the plywood bottom of the Super Sport this week. It's a long process, but it's coming together so nicely!

Concordia Sloop

Shane has been taping off sections of the Concordia to put more paint on.

1950 Riviera

Jack has been working hard on the Riviera this week. He got it on the brand new custom trailer and it's just about ready to go! He's just finishing up some adjustments on the engine.

Punt

The whole crew worked together to flip the punt over this week so we could wash and paint the inside.

Correct Craft Mustang

This boat arrived this week for us to work on. It's a little different from most of the rest of the boats in the shop and it should be fun!

Week of May 26-30, 2025

5/30/2025

Concordia Sloop

Shane has been working hard on the paint and details on this gorgeous sailboat. The owner plans to change some colors around, but it looks beautiful, no matter what.

Lyman Islander

Jack has been working on the steering, the floor, the interior paint, and the fresh varnish on the rear seat this week. He also installed the prop.

1958 Continental

Non-skid flooring on the floorboards of this boat. Everything looks nice and crisp!

Deluxe Runabout

The guys have been working hard on getting this engine up and running. They took it to the machine shop to get the engine head resurfaced and installed new gaskets. Jack also built and installed the batter switch.

Punt

Gary is putting the final coat of anti-fouling paint on the bottom of this boat. Anti-fouling paint keeps gross organic build-up from forming on the bottom of the boat.

Week of May 12-16, 2025

5/16/2025

It's been a busy week here at the shop. Gary has been out doing some surveys and we said goodbye to Zach the intern.

Sea Trials!

The crew took a couple of boats out for sea trials yesterday. The 1957 Continental did great and just needs a few adjustments. The U-18 is definitely improving but still needs some attention.

1957 Continental

In addition to a very promising sea trial, the interior is cleaned up and put back together. Next week we hope to get this boat back out on the water to adjust the transmission.

Punt

We are working hard to get this boat back up to Roaring Gap as soon as we can. The bottom is finished and the edges have been sealed with fiberglass tape.

April 29 - May 9, 2025

5/9/2025

Christ Craft U-18

The guys reinstalled the engine in this boat and Jack did some custom adjustments on the brand new trailer.

1957 Chris Craft Continental

Jack installed the rub rails, the windshield, and a custom piece of trim that sits behind the back seats.

1958 Chris Craft Continental

Shane has had this boat in the clean room all week working on those gorgeous white lines.

Punt

Zach has joined us from Greensboro Day School to complete his senior internship. He's been working on several projects, but here he is sanding a joint in the plywood bottom of this punt.

Concordia Sloop

Shane has been working on the lines and varnish on the deck of this boat.

Lyman Islander

Jack built this replacement rudder brace completely from scratch.

1947 Chris Craft Deluxe Runabout

Caity has joined us to work in the shop a couple of days a week. Here she is countersinking the many, many bungs that protect the screws on the bottom of this boat.

Week of April 21-25, 2025

4/25/2025

Lyman Islander

We installed the strut and strut support, bed log, and prop shaft.

1947 Chris Craft Deluxe

Jack shaped the new stem and gripe pieces and started standing the bottom in preparation to epoxy fill the screw holes.

Utility boat

After a sea trial last Friday and some minor adjustments, we sent this boat back to its owner this week!

Punt

Gary prepped the bottom of the punt and glued together two scarfed sections of plywood to be the new bottom. We're using some batteries as weights while the glue cures.

Super Sport

Shane has been working on shaping the laminated chine sections and gluing together the pieces.

Concordia Sloop

After righting the boat, Shane has been working on priming, painting, and varnishing the hull, rub rails, combings, and rudder. He's also continued stripping and sanding the spars.

1935 ElectriCraft

This gorgeous little ElectriCraft has been reassembled after repairs on the leaky bottom. We're hoping to get her back on the lake by Memorial Day.

Week of April 13-17, 2025

4/17/2025

Concordia Sloop

The guys got the bottom caulked and painted and the sides primed. Then they righted the boat and they're ready to get started on the deck!

1947 Deluxe

The whole shop worked together to install the bottom of this boat! It's an all-hands task!

Camp Cruiser sailboat

We sent the Camp Cruiser on its way this week! Happy sailing!

April 7-11, 2025

4/11/2025

Concordia Sloop

Gary has been working on scraping old varnish off the spars while Shane has been painting the bottom. This boat's owner is coming by to see us this weekend to finalize paint colors for the rest of the boat! He's thinking about including some metallic gold. It's going to look amazing!

Super Sport

We received the new engine for this boat this week. It's massive, weighing in at 1234.5 pounds (a fun number!) including the wooden shipping frame.

1947 Deluxe Runabout

Jack has put a ton of work into this boat lately. He has dry fit the transom and the rest of the bottom and he's been working on scraping the old finish off the sides. It's really coming along nicely.

1958 Continental

Shane is sanding between coats of varnish here. This is such a beautiful boat.

Lyman Islander

Gary's spent a lot of time on his back in that chair painting the bottom of this boat this week. He's always got flecks of black paint on his face when he's done!

Utility boat engine

Jack reassembled this engine this week and it's ready for a test run soon.

March 24-28, 2025

3/28/2025

Camp Cruiser

This has been a real puzzle! The centerboard was bound up and no longer functioning properly. It was a challenge to remove, but the guys figured it out. They made a guide, shaved down the centerboard until it was the right size, and then added a fresh layer of fiberglass. It's operating smoothly now!

ElectriCraft

Shane had a bit of a puzzle here too as he worked to put the propeller back on the shaft and get far enough down the shaft to fit a nut and pin into place behind it.

Super Sport

Shane is shaving down the laminated chines from last week to get the angle just right.

Concordia Sloop

Shane continued to work on scraping and sanding the Concordia Sloop this week, and he found an old name! We think it probably said "Leda".

1947 Chris Craft Deluxe Runabout

Jack has been repairing some rot along the side of this Deluxe Runabout. He's just about got the side pieces back in place. On to the bottom next week!

1957 Chris Craft Continental

The guys ran a couple of engine tests this week. Here's a video of one!