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This boat is supposed to be a ’62 model that I am about to begin repairing. Not necessarily restoring to factory specs. I need to repair cracks in the gunwales or gunnels, but I was wondering if someone could confirm the construction on this model. The date on the wood locations drawings in the archives are 1966 so they may not apply to this model.

What it looks like is maybe a 1” square strip was screwed and glued to the top of the 5 or 6” board that is on the upper inside of hull, then a ¾ by 1 ½” screwed and glued to that to form the outer rail or rub rail. The glass and gel coat was then brought from inside the hull and over the rail and tucked in underneath the outside rail. Am I close on this?

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So is no one familiar with this? Joe, do you know how they were built?

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the normal side rail construction was fiberglass foam filled no wood. the picture you are showing looks fairly narrow for a 13' mine was a bit wider or it could be how I am seeing the picture. being fiberglass, grind down to fiberglass, clean area well and work fiberglass mat. On my web page I have several areas that I rebuilt using this method.

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thanks Turpin, I bet its foam core between the hull and inner liner and then that was sandwiched with an inner and outer wood strip. It definitely has wood on the inside and outside.

to your point, its the glass that is cracked so repair with normal methods.

I was just trying to get an understanding before I started grinding and cutting and made a costly mistake.

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Steve,
That looks like an old repair that is in need again. On my '68 13, which I think is the same construction, there is no wood in that spot, which seems to be just forward of midship on the starboard side. The one piece inner hull comes up and lays over the outer hull. There is foam between the two. If you look at my personal page, you can see that I ran a new wire to the front for the light. I used a router to cut a 1/4" wide groove from the rear area to the bow, ran the wire inside the groove, and then put bondo over it to seal it in.
Yours looks like an old repair, but done pretty well in my opinion. Open it up, new glue, new screws, and maybe glass over it and you should be good to go. Good luck and keep us posted.
Mike

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That seems to be a wooden repair to the gunwale and deffinately not original. I am redoing a '62 that I got from a friend whose brotherinlaw was the original owner. I had to replace some areas of the gunwale as well.It is a fairly simple area to work on. Easily formed in wood and clamped in place to get the correct shape. How long of section does the wood take up? I have pictures of my repairs but don't know how to post them here.

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Thanks guys, hadn't thought about this might be a repair method and not original. Great info on your personal page too Mike !!! thanks again.