[Public-List] Mast Beam Variation
John S. Riley
jriley at dsbscience.com
Wed Jul 16 16:36:56 PDT 2008
Michael Connolly wrote:
> I have been advised by this group to just attach the aluminum plates but I don't want to mess up the appearance of the boat by doing so.
Hi Michael,
Of course, your boat, your choice. But I'm wondering if there is a way
to have the best of both worlds (a stronger beam and keep the looks).
Why not reinforce even your NEW beam with Al sisters, then attach a thin
wooden laminate over that so that the reveal is wood?
Also, the new boats don't have a wood beam there, and to my eye, the
beam doesn't look THAT bad (on 521, it's painted to blend in with the
overhead).
> The original wooden laminate lasted 40 plus years. The adhesive is what has failed not the wood. With new better adhesive I suspect that this will last another many years and look just as nice as the original.
>
I'm wondering if the question to ask is "why did that adhesive fail?"
Seems to me it has to have at least a LITTLE to do with the working of
the beam as the rig compression oscillated while the boat is being sailed.
--
John
s/v Gaelic Sea
#521 (new boat, different beam system anyway)
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