OBX- WOODEN boat repair question

[want dem reds]

Finally got my pride and joy just about ready. I have a few problems with the hull and need some minor repair done. Does anyone have the name of a guy who can work on a wooden hull. This is a custom boat built by ben major with NO fiberglass on her at all. She is a beautiful hull and i really could use someone. Can't seem to find anyone in the phone book. I am in Kill Devil Hills by the way....Thanks to any help...

Tilford

[New Kent Newbie]

Ride down to Wanchese and talk to some of the builders down there they might be abl to head u in the right direction

[old town angler]

Want them reds is right you should be able to find someone to fix a woodwn boat easily. You need to look a little harder. Most of the good craftsmen in the boat yards started out doing wood boats. Wanchese, Manteo or Manns Harbor should be as far as you need to look.

[JimRockfish]

Wooden boat repair and restoration is specialized these days so you may need to drive a little ways. Here are some leads for you... Jim

Blake Boatworks Boat Building in Gloucester, North Carolina - Design, Construction, Repair, Restoration, Boat Plans (http://blakeboatworks.com/)

Moores Marine Yacht Center, Beaufort, N.C. (http://www.woodenboatrepair.com/north_about.html)

Open Directory - Business: Consumer Goods and Services: Watercraft: Boats: Wood (http://www.dmoz.org/Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Watercraft/Boats/Wood/)

[DP]

RED,
Look up Glen Bradley in Wanchese he knows his stuff. If you do swing by the boat shops in Wanchese go to Harbor, just behind the water tower is a Blackwell Boatworks shop. Ask for Bo Meekins he might be able to help you out. What kind of work do you need done.
DP

[want dem reds]

Thanks for the replys. I figured i might have to poke around wachese, but i was hoping to get a name before i went over there. My problem is simple...along the keel a little chunk was taken out by the trailer. One of the bolts slipped on the pad and the pad dropped...loweing the boat at such an angle that when i put the boat back on the trailer it dug into the hull a little. It isn't bad and i can probably do it myself...but i want a more skilled hand to do it. It is about the length and width of a cell phone and barely deep enough to show bare wood, but it did splinter it and is maybe a 4cm deep gash. So nothing major...probably even still water tight in that area...but just want it properly addressed. Thanks for the responses and i am gonna head over that way next week with the boat or pictures

[jmadre]

You could check with the folks at the NC Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island. They should be able to point you to several wooden boat builders.

Jeff