: Thats got to be tedious not to mention scary. One slip and the deck is
: ruined!

: There is a 1946 Barrel back in the family that has been promised to us. Want
: to start on it now but can't work with the family member that owns the
: boat. It's a particularly rare model and it needs to be restored using
: original construction and not modified. Owner keeps wanting to do (IMO)
: dumb things to it. So it just sits for now.

Well if you ever do get to start on it and have questions, just ask Yes, you never change anything (except for safety, some things that were standard in the 30's and 40's arn't real safe, nor in some instances legal anymore. One example is most carbs on those boats had no method of stopping a backfire from setting the boat on fire (not a real good thing), so that has to be modified.

Bill H.