Does anyone remember the F/V Takhini?

Takhini

2009-06-16 19:42:57

I just bought the F/V Takhini, a 29 foot wooden double ender that was built as a Bristol Bay gillnetter in the 1920s and was given decks and a house and converted to Trolling in Ketchican in the late 40s when it was owned by Ferrell Campbell. It was then bought by Chuck Blankenship, who fished northern Southeast, sometimes Cross Sound as a hand troller until the mid 80s when he hauled the boat out and put it in a shed, where it sat until I picked it up this year. I hope that someone remembers the boat and can give me some background on it, stories, how it fished etc. I hope to be fishing it by the 2010 coho season.

bezerk

2009-06-19 07:03:24

Hey finally got the message w00t~! Yeah I have some caulking gear you can use. The boat looks great man looks like a new piece on the stem & the bolts are brite even. looks like it will be a great troller man! :) As far as sealing the ends of the planks give the CPES a try - it will soak way into the end grain just super. Then you can take that a step further an give them all a coat of thier Layup & Laminating resin - and they will be bulletproof! :)

The CPES takes many days to cure, but thats why it soaks like 16" into the grain in each direction if done properly :) but usually like 3 days to cure....then 2 more applications like that, with 3 days each to cure. I would follow that up with 1 coat of his L&L resin and the ends of those planks will be hard as rocks. I am a traditionalist at heart, oakum/cotton/pinetar & pitch all the way - but - when it comes to large timber replacement, its not always necessary, or "feasable" - like a (stern) horn timber....who the heck can afford to replace one? But if you can repair it stronger than the wood ever was....well, the Rot Doctor stuff is the "stuff" to use! :)

But yeah check out some of the project pix on ~~[url=~~http://mvseal.com][url]http://mvseal.com I have found that even if you have a soft (above water) plank that with their syringe applicator, and the CPES you can 1) stop the dry rot 2) stiffen up the plank enough to last a couple/few seasons if you have to until you can get out to visit ole Dave to have him put a new one on! :)

Lemme know about a reefing hook if you wanna use one of those, i been more keen on "reefing irons" lately - they are the ones that come to a point at an angle...saves the reef hook for grapping the old oakum & cotton out. The reefing irons you can tap & work the old portland cement (usually) out easier than the reefing iron, and way better than the bent file end :) ebay still has SWEET "osburn, cahill, storz & more" old irons that you can find irons. there are some examples of each up in the "tools" section of ~~[url=~~http://mvseal.com][url]http://mvseal.com

I like your boat man - thats perfect troller :) Hard to believe that Tommy Osburn used to troll the SEAL here!

Congradulations from me and the SEAL! :)

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