When the mast step was rebuilt on my 30-1, the professional used fiberglass laminate for the stringers. I use the word professional with emphasis. He was the boatright for the Olympic teams in England and China. Wood no mater how well sealed in a wet environment makes no sense to me.
Ed Levert Briarpatch C&C 35 New Orleans Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 20, 2018, at 11:34 AM, Michael Brown via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > I had though "Live Oak" was a generic term for how some Oaks grew rather than > a specific species. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_oak > > Either way despite the lack of knowing the correct description the right Oak > is very good for marine use. > > > Sad but years ago near me in Barrie Ontario we had what was reported to be > one of the larger stands > of White Oak in Canada. A developer needed to beat a pending municipal law > concerning cutting of mature > trees so early one morning a team of loggers came in and clear cut the whole > property. I tried to get some > of the wood knowing its properties. The crew laughed and said I didn't want > it, they could barely cut it even > with sharp chains. > > Michael Brown > Windburn > C&C 30-1 > > > Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2018 13:38:23 -0500 > From: Bill Bina - gmail <billbinal...@gmail.com> > To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com > Subject: Re: Stus-List C&C 30 Mast Step > Message-ID: <03803e6a-8ee7-4d53-845a-d02dc3e63...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > Old ships used Live Oak, which is a very different wood than White Oak. > > Bill Bina > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray >
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