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Boat• Continued from Page A-lmembers of the former owners.The boat is made primarily of mahogany, but it also includes oak and spruce. Some plywood has been used in the restoration, but after World War II Lyman and other boat makers began to use plywood anyway because of its strength.“You could call this boat a piece of antique furniture. It’s a floating cabinet,” Klein said.The Lyman is a clinker-built boat, meaning its hull planks overlap and each one is fastened to the preceding piece.Boytim said Lymans were designed specifically to maneuver in Lake Erie’s choppy waters.Klein stripped all the paint and varnish off until it was down to thebare wood and then tightened all the nails. Klein, who studied woodworking at Sandusky High School with teacher and master carpenter Vincent Madama, did all of the structural restoration himself.Klein intended to complete the work until he injured his back. Boytim’s uncle introduced the men; they talked about working together for four years before the plans fell into place.“Not just anybody could work on my boat,” Klein said.Boytim, who is also a captain on a charter fishing boat in Marblehead, said he was busy restoring other boats before he could schedule work on Klein’s Lyman. He did all the painting, varnishing and finishing by hand.Klein said his friends Bill Babisak, Jeff Bragg and Ron Schweinfurth also provided labor in the early days of the project.
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Sandusky Register
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Thu, Apr 13, 2000
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