36 Harris rebuild

[Islandlure]

started the cabin demolition on my 36 Harris today. Planing on removing the rest of the cabin and fore deck once boat is at the house. I will be putting a trunk cabin on made from what I believe is penske board. Been getting some great ideas from the site and will keep this thread going as I do the rebuild.

 

[tashmoo2]

36 ft harris rebuild

Islandlure,

Was your boat the same Harris for sale on Midcoast with the 6-71 TI?

The Harris sportfish hulls have a nice classic Merritt look. Why are you going to all the work of tearing it apart? I can see removing the tower to lighten it.

 

[El Mar]

Cool, another build to watch.

Make sure you keep this thread going!!

 

[Islandlure]

Islandlure,

Was your boat the same Harris for sale on Midcoast with the 6-71 TI?

The Harris sportfish hulls have a nice classic Merritt look. Why are you going to all the work of tearing it apart? I can see removing the tower to lighten it.

The original cabin had been painted with enamel when I bought the boat and it is a total maintenance nightmare every two seasons plus there is a good amount of rot around the front windows. I hope that by lightening up the structure that I can take some of the yaw out of the boat in a following sea and gain a little speed. I had hoped I could sell the Harris and take the money and buy a 43 Lowel hull but haven't had much luck there so I am going to make the Harris what I want. I have done so much to the boat already (new deck, cap rail, engine work the list goes on) that I figure I'm going all in. When I bought the boat I cut out the original flybridge layout and built a new one so it was not easy to take the saw to that many hours of labor but she will love the plan I have in store for her.

 

[tashmoo2]

harris rebuild

Island lure,

Are you going to make the new cabin and trunk like the charter boat design Harris offered. I know of 2, the Priority 2 near you, and one that was sold on ebay or Craig's list a few years ago in Groton, CT. I forgot the name but know Bill Brown ran it for a few years. Priority 2 was the Nancy B out of Niantic

 

[Islandlure]

Island lure,

Are you going to make the new cabin and trunk like the charter boat design Harris offered. I know of 2, the Priority 2 near you, and one that was sold on ebay or Craig's list a few years ago in Groton, CT. I forgot the name but know Bill Brown ran it for a few years. Priority 2 was the Nancy B out of Niantic

right now my plan is to go with something similar to this design for the cabin

 

[captainlarry84]

How pretty is that Duffy just enough cuddy just enough wheel house and plenty of battle room. Getting the combo right is the key. Your boat needs eye appeal.

 

[captainlarry84]

nice line drawing to work with

 

[Islandlure]

nice line drawing to work with

Thanks capt that will be a big help

 

[googinhater]

There's a Guy in Gloucester that just did one over came out nice it started as a sporty and he made it in to a split house lobster boat left the house added front glass split house did wash rails

 

[Islandlure]

The original cabin had been painted with enamel when I bought the boat and it is a total maintenance nightmare every two seasons plus there is a good amount of rot around the front windows. I hope that by lightening up the structure that I can take some of the yaw out of the boat in a following sea and gain a little speed. I had hoped I could sell the Harris and take the money and buy a 43 Lowel hull but haven't had much luck there so I am going to make the Harris what I want. I have done so much to the boat already (new deck, cap rail, engine work the list goes on) that I figure I'm going all in. When I bought the boat I cut out the original flybridge layout and built a new one so it was not easy to take the saw to that many hours of labor but she will love the plan I have in store for her.

Any recommendation on what type of structural core I should glass over

 

[tashmoo2]

Island lure

How is the rebuild progressing. it is a massive project

 

[Islandlure]

Island lure

How is the rebuild progressing. it is a massive project

Started the sawzal up today and removed the center of the cabin. First thing I did was build a 40x22 ft shed. My plan is to hit it hard right after the fall fishing. Hope it will go pretty smooth having the boat right in the back yard. I will post some pics tof the demo later this week.

 

[fiberglassmagic]

Did u ever finish

Did you finish? Any pictures?

 

[Islandlure]

Did you finish? Any pictures?

Been a slow start just got in the nida core and started on replacing the steering bulkhead. I had a lot of work to do just getting a structure built and power run to it. I will get out tonight and take some photos. Do you have any pics you could post of the layout on your cabin?

 

[fiberglassmagic]

picts

don't have any picts but when I get down to marina I will take some for you

 

[JB Sportfishing]

I'm a new member....your post caught my eye. Been running a 36 Harris since 1984. We had a 38 with twins for a few years too. Getting ready to cut apart the interior of this one in a couple weeks.

 

[tashmoo2]

Dot E Dee was one of the 1st if not the 1st 36 ft harris's built by Ron Tarr when he was in Salisbury, MA

Island Lure; I can send you interior pictures but they may not fit your needs as I do not have a lower helm. I also have some of the original Harris layout drawings.

These boats do not like a lot of weight forward. I repalced all my interior plywood with Nidacore and bow came up 6". It is a different boat with less weight forward. It is still a heavy boat and I need more power.

 

[DIRTY RIGGERS]

JB that is a slick looking Harris!!! WOW!

 

[tashmoo2]

'80 Harris