I am new to both this forum and boating!!!! I recently bought 1975 Smokercraft (anyone know anything about them?)17' open bow boat that needs alot of TLC. I need to put a new floor in it plus replace the wood that makes up both halves of the open bow, the doors that slide where the battery and gas tank go,the vertical wood pieces that fill in the sides (storage area where you could put fishing rods, skiis, where the wires go and the place where the cables run). I hope I am being clear enough-I don't know the boat "talk" for these areas. My questions (finally)are 1:What kind of wood should I use the floor-pressure treated ply? marine ply? etc.? 2. What kind of wood to use for those vertical pieces I mentioned before? I don't want to paint anything as I'd like to get this old girl looking like a new boat. I'd like to get the wood grain look (the old wood grain is like plastic contact paper or the vinyl used on cars like station wagons and it is peeling off or really faded. If I use Formica-would I need to put Formica on both sides like you do if you make a router table? What kind of contact cement would or should I use? 3. Where can I get stainless steel or aluminum sheet metal outside corners, inside corners, j-trim, etc.? Any suggestions or help of any kind, would really be appreciated. Sorry for the length of this post. Thanks for any and all help. Sincerely---LABLOVER
