[alberg30] Mast support beam

[John Birch]

You're both right, unfortunately Whitby tended to use Red Oak a lot - which
is likely what you have in the cross beam. Unless Kurt got a good deal that
month.

Cheers to all,

John Birch, Sunstone

Tom Sutherland wrote:

> Paul .... I was of the impression that "White Oak" did very well in the
> area of rot resistance. I would definitely agree with you on Red Oak and
> some of the others.
>
> I would be interested in any other discussion on "White Oak" which is
> also praised for it's strait grain and superior strength.
>
> Tom S
> A30  #412
> InCahoots
>
> Rabbit649 at AOL.com wrote:
>
> > 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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