[77SceptreOB]

I decided to go RETRO, and rebuild/mfg my original Teak Louvered door. We bought the boat "new" in 1977, so I know the Teak door is the original. As the before pictures shows the SeaCraft had some hardtimes when my brother was in charge (for 9 years it sat outside in a fenced in field). So I have done a ton of rehabbing over the past 4 years.

The original Teak door was a mess. The Stringers, Headers, and base sections were totally rotten and disintegrated due to sun and water damage. But the Louvers were in okay structural shape, albeit, badly sun bleached on the exposed side. The unexposed side of the louvers (Toward the cabin) were in good shape.

So this winter, I decided to remake the unuseable, original Teak pieces, and lightly sanded down the unexposed side of the "original" louvers and make a "retro-mod" of our original Teak door. The boat has a lot of sentimental meaning, as my father loved this SeaCraft and he passed away in 1995. So I like to keep as much original as I can.

The louver design jig(s) I use to custom fabricate the "New" Teak doors is exactly the same dimensions as the original Door/Louver design that came on the SeaCraft's in the 1970's. So it was easy to fit the older "original" louvers in the "new" door framework.

So now my 35 year old SeaCraft is sporting a 35 year old hybrid original Teak door. I know the originality doesn't make it worth more $$, but due to the family significance it means more to me...