# I could use some help getting started redoing my bottom. I dont know where to start HELP I'm in western Kentucky 🙃

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**Created:** [August 19, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/i-could-use-some-help-getting-started-redoing-my-bottom-i-dont-know-where-to-start-help-im-in-western-kentucky/533 "2026-08-19T00:28:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Ace](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/Ace)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2026, 12:28am UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/i-could-use-some-help-getting-started-redoing-my-bottom-i-dont-know-where-to-start-help-im-in-western-kentucky/533/1 "2026-08-19T00:28:41Z")

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Help getting started on replacing my bottom on a 1942 Wolverine Wagemaker 12’. Any help would be great. I’m in western Kentucky

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**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/matt/32/1_2.png) [@matt](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/i-could-use-some-help-getting-started-redoing-my-bottom-i-dont-know-where-to-start-help-im-in-western-kentucky/533/2 "2026-08-30T12:24:22Z")

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Ace, sorry to leave you hanging here. There is a guy here in town who did this job, and the biggist question I would ask is. WHY? I would reach out to Eric Zelman - You may just be able to repair it. [ericzelman@verizon.net](mailto:ericzelman@verizon.net)

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**Author:** ![matt](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.oldboatshome.com/matt/32/1_2.png) [@matt](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/matt)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/i-could-use-some-help-getting-started-redoing-my-bottom-i-dont-know-where-to-start-help-im-in-western-kentucky/533/3 "2026-08-30T12:28:39Z")

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More on this ACE, the more I dig, thats a cold molded bottom, I think, like a whirlwind. SO I would consider doing a repair. Not a replacement. Basecally the boat is one peice of plywood. Patch it if it has a hole in it. If its leaking, it aint the boattom, its in the seams or screw holes coming though on the sides.

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**Author:** ![Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Ace](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/u/Ace)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.oldboatshome.com/t/i-could-use-some-help-getting-started-redoing-my-bottom-i-dont-know-where-to-start-help-im-in-western-kentucky/533/4 "2026-08-30T14:08:19Z")

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Thanks mine is a cedar strip built. I was told it came from a boy scout camp in Cadillac Wi.  
I have milled new strips, and ready to start.  
Ace Hassen  
[Acebhassen@gmail.com](mailto:Acebhassen@gmail.com)  
847.308.1093