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Can anyone give my any leads for replace cockpit teak (seats/Supports) for my whaler. My current direct is fabricating them myself. Is this available on the secondary market?
Mine were Philippine Mahogany, looked like weathered shingles when I got her. Dried them out till they were a fire hazard, sanded and routed extra scupper /hand holds. Lost over 1/2 their weight in water, then on a hot summer day, I set them in the sun, till hot, applied a coat of West system epoxy with 207 Catalyst and moved to shade in back yard, sucked it right in. Repeated the next day with the other side, then wet sanded and repeated again... 4 coats of West, wet sand between then 4 coats of Valspar Poly varnish. 4 years later only a few minor scratches... Still have a few fish eyes and swirls I left, but it is mostly used for fishing, not for a show boat.
Seat Faces are marine ply, I was able to pop blisters, reheat with an old iron, and then do to uneveness, etc. I decided to West system and then paint with a honey colored spray paint that I sealed with a coat of poly varnish.
Pretty easy if you have the old pieces to rout new with a guide bearing on a straight bit. See the Harpoon group on Trailer Sailor: http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/harpoon/index.cgi use the search function for both current and archive Harpoon, search using "seats" or go to http://www.ruach.net/Harpoon.shtml these are the Harpoon sites...Lots of info, great people like here.
I currently have two 5.2 harpoons One of the them is for sale cheap by the way. I've been doing some would work on one of my boats and as mentioned it is easy to use a plunge bit with a bearing to trace out new pieces if you have the old pieces to use as a template. If the pieces are rough around the edges you just take some bondo and fill the rough edges to what you want, this will give you a smooth surface for the bearing to ride on. There is a Yahoo site for Boston whaler harpoon boats I will include the link.if you need to send me any pictures or would like to talk further about this p.m. me with your e-mail address.
Kim a.k.a. guts
