[Public-List] Taffrail

[Gordon Laco]

And you to Mike - thanks.


> 
> Gord,
> 
> I think that the more boats we have and the more we save, the longer we live a
> happy life.Mike Lehman ~~~_/)_/)~~_/)~~~> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:20:11
> -0500> From: mainstay at csolve.net> To: public-list at lists.alberg30.org> Subject:
> Re: [Public-List] Taffrail> > 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
> <crufone at sbcglobal.net> 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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