[alberg30] White Oak

[Charles Haggart]

White Oak is a good choice for boat construction because of its straight
grain and strength. It doesn't stand up to rot though. My first boat was a
continental Folkboat ( strip-plank mahogany on white oak frames ). She was a
mess when I got her and I rebuilt deck, cockpit, transom, stem the cause?
you got it, ROT which started in the Oak. When I replaced the Oak I treated
each piece with cuprinol (a product you can't get anymore due to its toxic
nature) which did the trick.

On my Alberg 30 #150 1966 the mast support beam is laminated Oak. She was
never worked to hard over the years so there is hardly any compression
deforming.


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