[Alberg30] Lizzard

[Scott Wallace]

Hi Peter,

Do you sail from Bayfield or Sarnia?

We have visited the marinas along Lake Huron from Sarnia, Port Franks, Grand Bend,
Bayfield, Goderich and all of the way up the Bruce!

Scott Wallace, Cincinnati

Peter Hay wrote:

> Hi Hugh:  You were asking about hardwood prices.  I am from southern Ontario
> in Canada (we sail on Lake Huron).  I inquired only last week at a local
> hardwood dealer.  He says he can't get Philliphine Mahogany anymore but had
> Honduras Mahonany for $7.50 BdFt Canadian.
> Most of his other woods such as cherry and walnut are priced similarly.  Oak
> is a little cheaper.  $7.50 Cdn is $5.00 US at current exchange rates.  He
> had teak as well but I don't recall the price.
> Peter Hay
> London, Ontario, Canada
> Rubicon 384
> phay at netcom.ca
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hugh Freebairn" <hughfree at hotmail.com>
> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard
>
> > We have ironwood also here in Palau where I am presently working and it is
> > common throughout the Pacific Islands.  We also have mahogany, mangrove
> and
> > a cousin to teak known here locally as beokel.  My price to buy any of
> this
> > wood is $2.50 per board foot.  What are teak and mahogany going for now
> days
> > in the US?
> >
> > Hugh
> > #442 "Aliage"
> >
> >
> > >From: Tom Sutherland <sutherlandt at prodigy.net>
> > >Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
> > >To: public-list at alberg30.org
> > >Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Lizzard
> > >Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 10:43:58 -0500
> > >
> > >In light of the recent thread I am sharing what my "Encyclopedia Of Wood"
> > >has to say
> > >about "Lignum Vitae":
> > >
> > >Botanical Name: Guaiacum officinale Lignum vitae or "wood of life"
> received
> > >its name for
> > >the supposedly curative qualities of its resin. This species, which is
> > >extremely
> > >slow-growing, produces one of the world's heaviest commercial timbers,
> and
> > >is virtually
> > >self-lubricating due to it's high resin content. This makes it ideal for
> > >it's principle
> > >use, as bearings and bushings blocks for ship propellor shafts for which
> > >there is
> > >presently no effective synthetic substitute.
> > >
> > >Other Names: Ironwood (U.S.A.); guayacan negro, palo santo (Cuba); bois
> de
> > >gaiac
> > >(France).
> > >
> > >Sources: Tropical America and West Indies.
> > >
> > >Characteristics: Heavey,  dense wood; interlocked, irregular grain;
> > >greenish-brown to
> > >black.
> > >
> > >Uses: Marine bearings, mallet heads, pulleys and turnings.
> > >
> > >Workability:  Difficult; dulls cutters moderatly; not suitable for gluing
> > >unless treated
> > >first.
> > >
> > >Finishing:  Accepts finishes well  Weight:  77 lb./cu. ft.
> > >
> > >Price;  Very expensive.
> > >
> > >Tom S
> > >A30 412
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >John Shell wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually, it's a single purchase downhaul.  Tie it off to the clew, to
> > >the
> > > > lizzard (mine is halfway up the headstay) to the tack, to the cockpit.
> > >You
> > > > could go to the head of the sail if you want (I probably will, but I'm
> a
> > > > creature of habit).  The idea being to pull the clew in and "break"
> the
> > > > sail.
> > > >
> > > > Lignum vitea is a very hard and heavy wood.  I know it as being used
> for
> > > > cleats, blocks, belaying pins, mallets, but the shaft log is a new
> one,
> > > > thanks.  Interestingly, it doesn't float (learned the hard way)
> > > >
> > > > New vocabulary word:  Fife rails.
> > > >
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > >
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