Category: Shop News

“Roxanne” is a beautiful Palmer Launch with quite a history on Lake Winnipesaukee. After its sale the new owners came to us wanting to bring some new life back into her. She was sorely in need of a new floor, some attention to the plank seams on the bottom, varnish work, some woodworking around the cockpit and some engine work.

The customer opted for Southern Yellow Pine for the floorboards, which did a great job at brightening up the interior. A new trim piece was fashioned to fit around the cockpit, the seams on the bottom were cleaned out, sealed and caulked, fresh bottom paint was also applied. We gave the brightwork a few much needed coats of varnish and painted the sides as well.

Finally the engine was gone over by our mechanic, making “Roxanne” run as good as she ever has. She can be seen motoring around the Lake Winnipesaukee and has been seen in our annual boat show as well!

Back in the shop is the great 26′ Lyman Broads View III. The work outlined for the season was to continue bringing the interior stain colors back to as original Lyman stain, departing from the Red Mahogany stain with which the boat had been refinished many years ago.

We removed whatever pieces we could, jump seats, trim boards etc. to work them on a table. We then taped off areas to protect in the boat and began stripping. Selected areas were brought to bare wood, re-stained with the traditional Golden Walnut stain, and given our usual 12 coats of varnish. We also treated some soft keel wood with a few applications of epoxy, to seal and maintain the wood.

Little steps like this throughout the ownership of your boat go a long way to preventing larger jobs, like replacing planks or frames. Some attention was also paid to the stem, where more of the same treatment was done.

We then gave Broads View III her yearly coat of Deks Olje on the deck and windshield, summerized her and she was off to the big lake!