1960 Continental Flooring

by **maritimeclassics** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:08 pm

Anyone have a good sample of original flooring used for a 1960 18 Continental? The hull card says White-Tolex #7032 White, may this be the white with black or all white and where could I get some or something close to it. Thanks, Mike

by **BrokenRule2** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:33 pm

If I can add another question... :?:

What options were there for the cabin floors of a 1960 32' Connie?

Thanks!

Mike

by **Al Benton** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:11 pm

Mike Green,

We always see Tolex used for upholstry but I don't recall seeing any Tolex products being used for flooring. My 1960 cruiser has tolex upholstry but Nautolex flooring. Not white but teak on the aft deck and mahogany on the cabin floor with the typical black fake seam. The white pattern is still available for this but don't know if it's correct for a '60, 18' Continental, although it would look ok.

Mike Smith,

You might try looking in the Archive under Marketing Literature for your cruiser. There may be something regarding the cabin flooring in one of the brochures. My 1960, 27' Connie has Mahogany Nautolex flooring but it may be different for the larger ones.

Al

by **maritimeclassics** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:35 am

Here is the hull card for the boat, it says mats but also has a check in the box for linoleum. Could they had both, this boat also had a interior change. Any thoughts?

by **BrokenRule2** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 1:38 pm

My Connie also noted linoleum and a number, was the linoleum glued downed or just laid on the floor like a rug? I see no signs it was glued...

Any ideas?

by **yzer** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:10 pm

ibew180,

See your PM reply for details. Yes, the linoleum on our boat was glued down on top of painted planked floodboards.

Sometimes sales literature can be a clue as to what the orginal flooring looked like but sometimes the boats used in the ad photos differed from the production models.

You may have a couple of remaining chunks of original linoleum hiding away in some usually inaccessible part of the boat. The only remaining original linoleum left on my boat was under the head.

by **yzer** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:34 pm

I'd better qualify my comments regarding linoleum glue. You guys made me dig up my hull card and look at it again.

Yes, our boat had linoleum flooring but as mentioned the only remainder was found under the head. That was definitely glued onto a piece of 3/4" marine plywood.

I don't recall seeing any sign of glue on the floorboard planks in the cabin. I'll be out to the boat tomorrow and will check then.

by **yzer** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:07 pm

Mike S., I went out to boat last Thursday and forgot to look under the carpet. Sorry, I had an issue to correct with the Purasan and it was late before I finished that job.

Then we took the boat out and dropped anchor on Friday. We didn't get back until today.

Now the tachometer cable broke this morning. It never ends.

I remembered to look at those a planks a couple of times while we were at anchor but somewhere between the transom seat and and the cabin I got distracted every time. Sorry, but I'm beginning to suspect my memory gets dumped once I'm out on the boat.

I should go out to the boat again in a few days to pull that tach cable and this time I've written sticky note to myself about your question. But, I don't remember seeing any sign of linoleum adhesive on those cabin floor planks. The orginal paint was in good shape when I bought the boat.

by **BrokenRule2** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 3:12 pm

yzer

I known how it goes; spent all weekend upgrading the wiring and adding circuit breakers.

I received the data from the Mariners' Museum but it does not state the covering for the main cabin - just lino for the head.

From what I have uncovered the Connie's came with carpet.

Looks as if we will not get out this weekend due to the winds... kinda make you think about a sailboat for the summertime on SF Bay!

Mike

by **yzer** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:19 am

Our marina is on a stretch of the San Joaquin River. The Delta breeze gets pretty strong there during the summer so we tend to travel the rivers in the morning and reach an anchorage by noon. Winds are usually much calmer in the sloughs.

Last Friday we had a good 25-35 MPH breeze in Potato Slough for most of the afternoon and evening. Our anchorage was not a bit crowded so we were able to swing on the main anchor for the four days. Friday was sweatshirt and jacket weather. By Sunday the winds died down and we were back to near 100 degrees.

I say sometimes that I never intended to show the boat. That's not quite true. Other boaters at anchor are always curious to get a closer look at the Mud Duck and they stop by in dinks, kayaks or PWCs to check it out. Most have never seen a classic cruiser close up.

We get around with inflatable rowboats when we feel the need for exercise and say hi to the other boaters as well.

by **yzer** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:09 pm

Sorry to be late with this reply Mike, but I did check the floor planks on my boat (which were originally covered in linoleum). There is no sign of any adhesive on the floor planks. If there were any tack holes in the cabinetry next to the floor I probably filled those over before painting years ago. I can't remember seeing any.

by **BrokenRule2** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:15 am

Thanks. The Build sheet came for the boat and it looks as if it had carpet in the main cabin and lino in the head.

I'm going to put in commercial carpet tiles and then down the road replace them with a wood floor.

It had house carpet and when you rolled it to check the bilge it would scrape the wood finish - plus it was a pain.

I'll post a photo when it's done.

Mike

by **WoodenRookie** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:45 am

Mike, what did you decide on the flooring on the 60 Continental?

by **maritimeclassics** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:16 am

I did find the original flooring last week, a gentleman sent me a piece of original flooring from his 1959 and I know it to be the real stuff. He had some new flooring made to exactly match the original stuff and sent me a piece of that as well. The only thing that I do not like about it is it is very thin and I am not sure it will hold up over time. We are a ways out from really needing it and my customer has not seen the sample yet but we are closer. I will try to get a good photo of it and post it in a few days. Mike

by **WoodenRookie** » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:43 am

Mike, what did you guys decide on this?? Where did you find your sample?

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