But it must hold varnish and i have never liked the cupped sections which puddles the finishes, which seems to always take place with flexible stuff. You can even add your thoughts on the caulks if you have some time on the setup too. If you know or have any buddies that has some time of their wooden runabouts with simular designs, please step up and type a few words of wisdom for me. So please show me your decks and maybe explain some detailed setups. Engine and boat was completely refastened and. Purchased from the original owner in Louisville, KY in 1998. The example offered here is one of only nine 25-foot runabouts built in. Gar Wood Triple Cockpit Runabout Kiss Me Kate. But with the planks being all mahogany, using either wood in smaller widths will probably not be the ideal solution here, IMO. The Pesse canoe, a dugout made from a hollowed tree trunk, is the oldest boat ever found. Gar Wood built 267 boats in 1937, about 100 more than any other year in the 1930s. If the Runabout 14 looks like a classic, its designer, Jacques Mertens-Goossens, the founder of, has hit his mark. I have used the cedars and even the cypress in the wider boards, which has worked out pretty well. I am truely leaning towards the wood filled seams.

This application will be stored outdoors under a vented cover during the bulk of the summer heat, so several methods such as tinted epoxy may not be the absolute ideal setup. I have tried numerous alternatives over the years with pretty good success, but this time around the use and storage of the boat will be entirely different. Their first 16foot runabout was an offspring of the troubled economy and remained in the line - up through 1941, the same.

Wood runabout