Another Award!
Mood:  celebratory
Topic: First Place

On July 19, 2009 Classic Craft received another First Place award.  The  award was presented for a First Place win in the Decked Boat Class at the 2009 South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic.  Gary and Nita Minnis proud owners of "PERSISTENCE" accepted the award on behalf of all of us at Classic Craft.

This week is very busy with alot of underwater and major hull repairs.  Please remember while there is still alot of water, the levels are falling and staying clear of shoreline in the lakes will help insure your safe boating.

Projects include :

Pete is working on the right side of a 24 Mastercraft Maristar.  Some old damage had fractured the hull and deck over a ten foot area.  Pete first had to lift the deck back up into position and then refasten and rebond the deck to hull joint.  He then ground into the fiberglass laminate deeply in oreder to relamininate new glass/resin over the damage.  This has been finished and regelcoated with the original red and blue stripes on a base white hull.

Hilario has been working on two boats.  A ski centurion with major bottom inmpact damage to the hull and underwater hardware, and a Glastron with bottom grounding damge to the hull. 

Frank has been working on painting, staining, and varnishing a large Chris Craft Cruiser. 

I have been busy doing estimates, rebuilding a teak swim platform, and repairing a 21 foot Mastercraft with side hull damage and a broken fiberglass trailer fender.

Parts for the boats continue to be hard to obtain from the various manufactures because inventories are very low and as a cost cutting measure many manufactures have reduced their parts and shipping staff.