mystery skiff restoration

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mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 26 Aug 2015, 12:14

Greetings all,
I have changed the topic name from the one below ''trying to identify skiff''.
I haven't been able to find out its original name or history, so it will be now know as the mystery skiff.
I have turned the hull over and have started to make preparations to replace the top two planks on the port and starboard sides.
I will post more pictures when I make some progress.
Cheers Nathan
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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby Greg » 26 Aug 2015, 13:54

As an aside Nathan, what did the A3-36 come off? Mirage, 505, Wacket, Rapide?

Just curious.

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 26 Aug 2015, 14:51

Hi Greg,
It is from a Mirage, when I was based at Tindal I re skinned the rear fuselage before it went back to Darwin Aviation Museum.
Someone tried to cut it off when it crashed in Darwin and didn't have a drill to finish the job, so I ended up with it.
The pilot John Quaife who ejected from it is not far from Chief of Airforce now.

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby screwit » 26 Aug 2015, 23:52

Is that a repair / plug of a shatf hole in front of current log
If so may have been a v drive at some time.

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 27 Aug 2015, 08:05

yes it has a shaft hole plugged up, there's no evidence of it on the underside.
may have had the engine further forward and different shaft angle perhaps, I can't see any evidence of an engine being rear mounted the bearers are still standard skiff configuration.
I suppose someone could have run a V drive on the mid mount engine if they couldn't find a z drive.
I have often wondered about the plugged up hole

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 27 Aug 2015, 12:27

I removed the port top plank and I found some of the ribs look like they have been damaged in a collision at some point.
was it common for boats to run into each other racing?.
If they didn't run into each other that often it may help to narrow down a name for the boat.
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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby screwit » 27 Aug 2015, 22:56

V drive skiff wood be in small numbers due to the cost of the set up
May narrow down the search

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby Bob Vic » 28 Aug 2015, 10:50

I've heard those second ribs placed alongside a broken rib, referred to as a "sister rib". I'm inclined to think there was much more damage done to hulls by racing on rough water than by smashing into the side of another boat.

Bob

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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 30 Aug 2015, 20:50

have shaped top plank roughly to its correct shape, it is clamped and hopefully if I leave it a few days it will keep the shape a little before I glue the plywood on it and clamp it back in place. Once the glue dries it should hold its shape and I can do the final shaping.
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Re: mystery skiff restoration

Postby retroboat » 05 Sep 2015, 20:54

The Port top plank is now faired off with the inner gunwale, I have back drilled through original holes in the next plank down through the new top plank to 3/32 so they can be drilled to size later once the new ribs are in. The plywood is now glued on the outside so I can move on to removing the next plank down and shaping a replacement for it.
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