Buck Woodcraft
120 49th Street, Marathon, Fl. 33050
Phone: 305-743-4090
Fax: 305-743-2951
Business Hours:
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. EST. Monday thru Friday
E-Mail: john@buckwoodcraft.com
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Project Photo Gallery
If I'd known a web site was in my future, I would have been taking pictures of completed Buck Woodcraft projects all along. But I didn't. So what you'll see here is just a very small selection of project photos that will continue to grow as we document custom work in the future.
As always, if you have any comments or questions about what you see here, e-mail me.
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King
Starboard Swim Platform. Buck Woodcraft replaced the original platform on
this 34' sportfishing boat early in 2001. The old glass-over-plywood platform had
begun to delaminate and weaken, which will never be a problem with Starboard.
The finished platform measures approximately 8'L x 24"W x 1"D, and is bolted to a series of stainless steel supports. The original platform had three support struts, and we added two more. Additional support is always something to consider when using Starboard in this kind of application.
And King
Starboard Cabinets. We also installed custom cabinets on the same
boat. They're tucked just aft of the main cabin, port and starboard, and give the owner
lots of easily accessible yet secure on-deck storage in a combination of drawers and
interior shelves.
Like all King Starboard components--and unlike wood--these cabinets can spend many years exposed to the marine environment without the need for cosmetic attention.
Sailboat
Pilot House. I wish I had better pictures of this project, because it
turned out very nice. The pilot house went onto a big motorsailer. The boat originally had
a pilot house, of course, but Hurricane Georges blew it away in 1998, and that's where
Buck Woodcraft came into, well, the picture.
We built the teak frame in place,
complete with windows, then added the top: a great big glassed-over piece of marine
plywood, nicely curved to fit the lines of the vessel. We also installed handrails on the
top, and added a couple of ventilation hatches. And, oh yes, the center window opens
and locks on stainless hatch hardware.
Teak Settee Base With
Built-In Storage. Among quite a lot of other work, Buck Woodcraft
fabricated a new base for the main salon settee on Winter Wine, a Hatteras 65'.
The base supports the original upholstery and incorporates baltic birch storage drawers
with teak faces. We also replaced water-damaged window frames and re-skinned the whole
cabin interior with teak veneer panels.
Teak Galley
Cabinets. These galley cabinets were installed aboard Baby Cakes,
a Chris-Craft 70'. We gutted the existing galley and built all the cabinets from scratch,
using solid teak faces.
The cabinets include drawers, under-counter storage and enclosures for a microwave, dishwasher, oven and a trash compacter.
We made the drawers using solid hardwood with hand-cut dovetail joinery.
Custom
Genuine Teak Patio Table. Here's a nice little table we
made to the owners exact specifications, finished simply with a few coats of
teak oil. The fiddles around the top lift right off if need be.
Starboard
Fighting Chair Components. We replaced the seat on this Pompanet
fighting chair, as part of an overall refurbishment, using 1" King Starboard.
The original seat was plywood, which had weathered and delaminated over time.
Teak Cap Rails And
Bolsters. We replaced the original cap rails and upholstered bolsters on
this Merit 65' sportfish with solid Genuine teak.
The original cap rails were worn and getting thin, and the original bolsters were rotting and falling apart.
The cap rails were fabricated using solid pieces of teak, and used no laminations. The rails were 18-1/2" at the widest point, and we used no visible fasteners or bungs in the face.
Laminated Teak Bowsprit.
The original bowsprit on this Taiwan-built sailboat was fabricated of teak and a
holly look-alike. The fake holly--we think it was fir--rotted and required a whole new sprit.
We laminated the new 7' bowsprit entirely of Genuine teak, cut and shaped it to its finished dimensions, and installed the finished piece in exactly the same position as the original. The owners reinstalled the sprit platform and completed all the rigging themselves.
We've built other bowsprits, of course, including one that measured 12' overall.