25 ft wooden boat reconstruction

[zloitapok]

Hi,
A 4 years ago I bought an old wooden boat, constructed 30 years ago at Odessa, Ukrainian city.

The condition in which I got the boat was not very good:




I started with removal of old decayed deck and installation of new beams:




New deck installed and painted with protective compound:


Old fiberglass removed, as it started to exfoliate from the hull and replaced by new fiberglass:



After that, I accidentally discovered that keel beam is also decayed (there was a "sandwich" of plywood). Old keel beam was removed:

and replaced to oak.


The hull of the boat was plastered:



New rudder installed:



And hull was finally painted:




The work inside the cabin began:






Underwater part painted with antifouling:



Deck covered with teak:



Stainless steel constructions set and aluminium mast was bought:

[Pete7]

Wow, with those skills you could work anywhere, nicely done.

Pete

[zloitapok]

Prop shaft and folding prop intalled:



Electric motor connected to prop shaft:


Finally, boat was launched last year

[zloitapok]

Originally Posted by Pete7

Wow, with those skills you could work anywhere, nicely done.

Pete

Of course, not all work done by myself, I hired workers.

[zloitapok]

Some video of first motor test
https://youtu.be/u3SPEOKUIpc
front wind 12-15 m/s

[belizesailor]

Nicely done.

Basically you built a boat.

Would you do it again or just buy one in better shape?

[snort]

Very nice job! I was wondering what that compound is that you used to treat the wood.

[zloitapok]

Originally Posted by snort

Very nice job! I was wondering what that compound is that you used to treat the wood.

Thanks, 50% turpentine and 50% linseed oil

Originally Posted by belizesailor

Nicely done.

Basically you built a boat.

Would you do it again or just buy one in better shape?

Next time I will build from scratch.

[boatman61]

Nice job.. Congrats.

[zloitapok]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Nice job.. Congrats.

Thanks.

Last year winter pics:








And few more at my Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4qjyt2l96...-e7ad9NOa?dl=0

[boeing1]

Great job, enjoyed the pictures

[ArmyDaveNY]

Very impressive. Congratulations on a job well done!

[alansmith]

Heh Z, how much money do you think you dropped into the reconstruction process? Any idea how many man hours?

Nice job. She came out beautifully. My boat wasn't as big of a mess as yours. But i had to sand it down to bare wood and refiberglass the whole bottom up to a little over the water line...and then did the same thing from the gunnels to the top of the cabin...Whew...wore me out and the bank account took a 20K dollar hit.

Thanks for sharing...very very cool...alan

[captlloyd]

Originally Posted by zloitapok

Some video of first motor test
https://youtu.be/u3SPEOKUIpc
front wind 12-15 m/s

Motor pushes the boat quite well. Very nice job restoring the boat !

[zloitapok]

Originally Posted by captlloyd

Motor pushes the boat quite well. Very nice job restoring the boat !

Motor worked at 2/3 of max power at that video. I will record a full power test at next navigation.

Originally Posted by alansmith

Heh Z, how much money do you think you dropped into the reconstruction process? Any idea how many man hours?
Thanks for sharing...very very cool...alan

It is hard to say exactly, as worked over 4 years with few long breaks.
I think, all work can be done in one year.
As for how much USD - it is very hard to say exactly.