[Public-List] Taffrail

[Michael Connolly]

Gordon,
   
  Well you always have interesting stories to tell.  I know that you Loved that folkboat..........hope she isn't too big of a mess to get back together again.
   
  Michael

Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
  Good evening Gents -

I think apres-400 boats with the moulded in bulwark (like Surprise) just had
a flat curved plank bedded down onto the flat top of the stern.

May in introduce a totally unrelated subject? Thanks.

Many of you have heard me moaning over the years about my Danish wooden
Folkboat 'Touch Wood'. Well, last weekend I found her. She had been
abandoned in Marathon, Florida and then mauled by Hurricane Wilma. Her
current owner has just finished the major hull repairs but was running out
of resources when I found them. After a fairly emotional exchange of emails
I learned that if I want her I can have her. I considered going to Marathon
to inspect her and decide if I can take her on, but my wife said "don't
waste the money. If there are just two sticks left of her lying on the
beach you would bring them back. Concentrate on moving her". Where did I
find that girl.

I am now working on creating a plan to get her up to my business's warehouse
in New Bedford. I must be out of my mind.

And the A30 - I will keep her too.

Gord




> Whitby seems to have had a lot of variety in construction
> details, so I don't want to make sweeping statements, but
> Bruce Rankin engineered/fabricated a lot of the
> 'ventilated' taffrails in the '70's.
> 
> I thought all the Albergs (nonliner) had solid taffrails
> from the factory.
> 
> MichaelGrosh
> #220
> 
> 
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:46:59 -0800 (PST)
> Michael Connolly wrote:
>> Hello gents,
>> 
>> Because the top board will be made from three or so
>> pieces I would suggest that they could be joined in such
>> a way that they would compensate for the curve on the
>> deck/boards below them. Sand or plane after adhesion to
>> achieve a uniform curve. Before you wish to screw to the
>> lower boards consolidate them, if they are punky, with a
>> penetrating epoxy or some such other adhesive to
>> strengthen them. Or as an option clamp using weights on
>> top of the top board, instead of using screws.
>> 
>> To John I would like to see photos and dimensions of
>> your original 'ventillated' taffrail sometime. I would
>> like to convert mine sometime and don't know exactly how
>> the rail was fabricated. I wonder if Whitby eventually
>> changed to the solid taffrail because the turning blocks
>> for the spinnaker sheets are attached to the aft corners
>> of the taffrail. I wonder if they had problems with the
>> pressure of the sheet blocks damaging the open design of
>> the 'ventilated' taffrail?
>> 
>> Michael
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