[alberg30] Toe rail replacement

[Alan P. Kefauver]

From: "Alan P. Kefauver" <apk2 at home.com>

I would love to have the materials list.
Alan
apk2 at home.com
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On 10/1/1999 at 9:32 AM Thomas Parks wrote:

>From: "Thomas Parks" <parks24 at hotmail.com>
>
>Lee and all,
>  Sorry to have taken so long to get back with you on the toe rail subject. 
>Between school having started and trying to get a few last good sails in on 
>Lake Michigan have been pretty busy. Anyway, here is the saga of 
>"Tradewinds" toerails:
>
>  When we purchased our Alberg in November of 1997 it did not have toe 
>rails, they had been removed by the previous owner! I had no idea what they 
>looked like, etc. Did a lot of research trying to find out info but most of 
>the pictures I saw were of earlier boats with the molded decks. So I just 
>took an educated guess at what they were and that's what was made!! I 
>decided up front that this was not a job for me to tackle and started 
>looking for someone to make and install them. Couldn't find anyone on this 
>side of the lake that gave me answers I was comfortable with. After several 
>e-mails with some folks in Maine who did this type of work I decided to have 
>a carpenter up in Milwaukee do the job. Got an estimate on cost and went 
>with it.
>   Also decided to make them out of mahogany with the cost of teak being so 
>high and out of our price range. We used 6/4 for the toe rails,31 feet long 
>and 6 inches wide. Each piece was cut in half and cut to match the height of 
>the bow(about 2 1/2 inches high). Sides are straight. I have two joints down 
>the side, one at about 8 feet and another at 23 or so feet(one of the board 
>we had bought was 16 feet long for the curving section of the side). The 
>tafrail is three pieces of mahogany glued together to be one solid piece 
>about four inches wide. It was cut from boards 12 inches wide I believe. 
>Also cut three scuppers on each side and installed bronze chocks(2 front and 
>2 rear).We had to install new tracks(there wer none), so put on 8 foot of 1 
>1/4 inch Schafer track on each side. The toe rails are bolted on every 6 
>inches(5/16 x 3 1/2), were counter sunk, and plugged.
>    I did the finishing on them to save on the cost. Iput two coats of stain 
>on them to match the color of teak and them covered them with 10 coats of 
>Sikkens. I think they came out fantastic!!
>    My cost from the yard for making the toe rails and installing them was 
>$1924.00. According to the folks in Maine that was an excellent price and 
>the carpenter said he would double the number of hours charged the next time 
>he tackled such a job, which means around 50 hours of labor plus all the 
>hours I put in sanding , staining, finishing, etc.
>    Tools wise you will need all the tools  someone wrote in and mentioned 
>plus more. I think the planer and the router were the most used tools of the 
>bunch.
>   I have the complete materials list but it doesn't include the tracks and 
>the chocks which I purchased myself and furnished to them. Hopefully I have 
>answered your questions but if I haven't feel free to ask any questions you 
>have. I'll try to take some pictures before I cover the boat and send to 
>anyone who likes if you let me know(I don't have a scanner).
>
>Good Sailing,
>Tom Parks
>"Tradewinds"  #48
>
>

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