[Alberg30] spreaders

[Kevin Blanc]

Before you assume the worse, go up and poke at them a little. I replaced 
my 35 year old spreaders only to find they were still completely sound 
after I band-sawed them to make a template for the new wood spreaders. 
By they way, they were Douglass Fir, not oak as is usually reported.

Daniel Walker wrote:

> i know this line of discussion occurred not to long ago, and i 
> apologize for not reading it carefully, but if i think it doesn't 
> apply to me, i skim over it.
>
> i haven't been to the boat for awhile, i know, sin of sins, but a i 
> looked up at my wooden spreaders, i was amazed to see fungus growing 
> on the port spreader. did not take the boat out for fear of the wood 
> being weakened by the invasion of the fungus.
>
> now that everyone is finished calling me an idiot for not caring 
> properly for my boat,isn't there a source for replacing the spreaders 
> with aluminum.
>
> any insight will be read and appreciated
>
> dan
>
> rascal 145
>

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