1961 Lone Star Boat Restoration
2000-
Restoration by: Rick Jacquot, R.J. Jacquot,
Katie Jacquot, Sandy Jacquot
Photos by: Rick Jacquot
This is an ongoing report to document the restoration of my 23 foot 1961 Lone Star Cabin Cruiser. Factory name is: Lone Star Cruise Liner I. Official name is: "Sadeyn Sirenian" I bought the boat at a local metal work shop in Asheville, NC in 2000. It was sitting out front and I stopped in one day to see if the owner would sell it. He did, and I brought it home with me. $1,200 for boat and trailer. Many of my friends thought I was crazy, but I saw/see potential in the boat! |
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2000-2001, the boat hung in my barn as I decided what to do first?
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My son RJ ready to help me with the project.
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Starboard cabin
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Starboard side
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Entrance to cabin.
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Some views inside cabin.
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Sink/galley area
I decided my first priority was to make sure the boat was sealed well. My son and mother helped me re-buck all the rivets from front to rear. I laid under the boat as it hung from the barn rafters, pounding the rivets with a ball peen hammer while they held the steel blocks on the rivet backs inside the boat. Once that was done, I invested in around 10 quarts of "Gluvit" sealer, this is the best stuff to use on aluminum boats to seal old rivets and new. About two days after we had finished the rivets, I heard a loud noise in the barn. The strap that was holding the front of the boat had snapped, the boat dropped three feet to the floor, If I had been under it, I would have been squashed! |
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Cabin floor and storage areas.
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The bow had the original foam floatation blocks. I removed them, cleaned and replaced them and sealed around them with spray foam. |
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The bow with original wood treated and re-installed.
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This is the first cabin floor I installed, it was later replaced with a better floor.