[alberg30] Mast support beam

[Rabbit649 at AOL.com]

Sounds like good thinking and great work.But I would suggest using something 
other than oak for two reasons:
    1)It has very poor rot resistance, which is especially important 
characteristic to have in wood that is likely to be exposed to moisture, 
especially fresh water moisture as would anything in or near the bilge (bilge 
water is often rainwater that leaks in from hatches and decks)
    2)It is known that oak does not take well to being fiberglassed, due to 
its acid content.
Mahogonny and Douglas Fir are much to be preferred.
Paul Cicchetti
#23 Ashwagh



In a message dated 5/18/00 8:09:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
plefkovith at aol.com writes:

> HI,
>  Guys my name is Paul L ,Iv'e been reading the Alberg list for over a year 
> now.
>  I'm into my third Alberg, two Pearson Albergs and the Whitby i now own.
>  My hull NO. is 492. Talking about mast support, i also have an aluminum 
>  transverse
>  mast support. As a precaution last year i took  two oak  2x4's  bolted and 
>  bunged
>  them foward of the vee berth bulkhead. If you cut a hole in the vee berth 
>  floor the
>  beam can be glassed to the hull to take up  additional compression load 
from
>  the mast. This solution  will transfer the load from the bulkhead to the 
>  hull. 
>  Additionaly if you glass in oak wedges at the turn of the bildge this will
>  stiffen up the floor in the vee berth cabin. I have used this method on 
the 
>  last
>  of my two Albergs. If you buy some Quarter round moulding and miter it
>  around the beam at the floor level it will look very nice. The entire 
> project
>  took about eight man hours and it works very well.
>  
>                       Paul
>                          Plefkovith at aol.com

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