Repairing a 1950's clinker tub pair

[Ian Clarke]

I'm restoring a clinker wooden rowing boat from the 1950's.
There are 3 cracks that need attention, I'm not sure that I have the skills. The boat is in Worcestershire, any recommendations for a boat builder or wooden boat repairer?

 

[AntarcticPilot]

That's not just cracked, it's rotten and will need a lot of wood replacing.

 

[Hacker]

That looks more like carvel than clinker. Do the planks overlap or are they butted together? Stripping the varnish off will reveal a lot more about 5he condition but, as @AntarcticPilot says, there are either rotten or badly racked and will probably need replacing. You also seem to have a rubbing strake over the planks that might need replacing or a least removing.

Sorry I don’t know anyone in that area but there will be people in Gloucester (try the docks area).

 

[AntarcticPilot]

That looks more like carvel than clinker. Do the planks overlap or are they butted together? Stripping the varnish off will reveal a lot more about 5he condition but, as @AntarcticPilot says, there are either rotten or badly racked and will probably need replacing. You also seem to have a rubbing strake over the planks that might need replacing or a least removing.

Sorry I don’t know anyone in that area but there will be people in Gloucester (try the docks area).

I assumed it was like the rowing tubs that the boat clubs here use for initial training. They're sort of clinker, but with very broad strakes; almost like a multi-chine boat.

 

[oldbloke]

Those are certainly some tired bits of wood. Certainly the proper way to do it is , as suggested above, to replace the plank. The other possibility , if you can settle for a less perfect job, is to dig out the rubbish and fill with fillets of wood and epoxy, possibly with a reinforcing patch on the inside. Not as elegant but you should be able to get a strong enough result which will stop you sinking