More parts

I've got a few Ventnor mast hanging around.   You become a scrounger for old parts.   The original rules for boom height above the deck was 12 inches.  That was great when you were a kid of about 120 pounds and had a lot of flexability.    I'm way past that.  Original Ventnor masts had a notch in the heal that fit over a slot in the mast step.  For whatever reason this mast did not have that step.  If I cut one in it would then lower the boom height even more.  So here we are.  I had a chunk of sitka spruce from another project and it looks just right.  I scarfed both ends of the mast and then the sitka.  A little bit of shaping and bob's your uncle.  Going to add about 4 inches to the boom height too.

I'll get to the CB and rudder next.

And the mast in the boat.

Paint and varnish

I had two cans of paint left over from painting my big boat.  White and Navy blue.  I mixed the two to get the light blue for the sides.   Had just enough white left for the bottom.

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I used spar urethane for the varnish

 

Deck construction

I cut up about 60 12 foot strips.  I made them 3/16 thick.  The curve was at the limit of the bend.  They just fit.  I started stripping at the shear and nailed the starter strip with 1 inch ring shank nails.  The rest just fell into place.

 

Deconstruction

 This boat is in remarkable shape for its age.  The bottom just needed some glue and a layer of fiberglass.  I could have saved the deck but I have other ideas for this.

Found the boat.

Here we are again.  This is what I believe to be a pre-WWII Ventnor Boat Works moth boat.  These boats were the goto boat for sail training in the early 1950's  I learned to sail on a boat just like this in 1955.   This boat has serial number 88 stamped on the centerboard trunk.  Not sure that number is the the Ventnor boat production number or the next boat that Ventnor Boat Works produced.  We are going to do a deck off restoration of this boat.

This was the neighborhood where I found the boat!