[Public-List] For John Brugeman - re: Spreaders

[Richard J Hughes]

I would be happy to pay reasonable costs for them. I just bought # 438 and 
have not had the stick down yet, but they look a little neglected.
Please advise at rjhughes at shaw.ca.
Thanks very much.


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From: "John Brugeman" <johnbrugeman at ameritech.net>
Sent: Friday, February 26, 2010 4:53 AM
To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
Subject: Re: [Public-List] Spreaders

> Hi Gang,
>
> I have a set of white oak speaders and identical tangs is anyone needs 
> them.  We re-rigged our boat 4 years ago with new mast and rigging and 
> these are just sitting in our basement now.
>
> Capt. John B
> Mermaid #305
>
>
>
>
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> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
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> Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 3:03:55 PM
> Subject: [Public-List] Spreaders
>
> Hi Gang -
>
> I think I mentioned in the fall that while outbound on the Œ09 Misery 
> Cruise
> SURPRISE¹s port spreader fell off.  Her spreaders are of white oak, but 
> with
> the ill-conceived addition of aluminium box extrusions around the butts.
> These extrusions are about 6² long and fit the wood very tightly.  They 
> are
> pierced by the two 3/8² bolts that fix the spreader  to the tangs... And 
> for
> some reason in three more places each where 5/16² bolts go right through 
> the
> assemblies.
>
> Although I have worried (gently) about invisible rot developing inside the
> aluminium butts and poked judiciously each season when I put the mast up; 
> I
> was unable to spot the fact that the port spreader¹s butt had turned to
> peanut butter deep inside.
>
> Today, spurred on by the spring-like weather, I knuckled down and 
> sacrificed
> some of TOUCH WOOD¹s rib stock to make up a new pair of spreaders.
>
> The new ones have similar dimensions to the old, with the following
> differences.  I will not re-use the aluminium boxes... Instead I have
> saturated the last 6² of each spreader with epoxy then laid on a layer of
> fine glass cloth 6² wide and well wetted around each butt.  Once that 
> cures
> I will drill through the two 3/8²  mounting bolt holes... Tape the bottoms
> and fill them with epoxy.  I will then drill them out again and reckon the
> insides of the holes somewhat sealed.
>
> Each spreader will get multiple coats of Epiphanes varnish, then the top 
> of
> each will get several coats of white paint (one won¹t be able to see the
> white from the deck; and it resists the sun better than varnish ­ old 
> wooden
> boat trick)
>
> The outboard tips will be finished re-using the old formed aluminium 
> saddles
> to receive the shrouds and wire lacing... I will use #8 bolts instead of 
> the
> 5/16² monsters Whitby (or my Uncle Conny at Tom Taylor Co) put through 
> them.
> I reckon all the bolts have to do is hold the tips on... The real work is
> done by the direct metal against wood contact all in compression.  Smaller
> holes means less wood lost in the tips, and less wood end grain for water 
> to
> get at)
>
> I resisted the temptation to shorten the spreaders a little to improve the
> sheeting angle of the genny.  Alas my A30 is one of those with somewhat
> higher mounted spreaders ­ I really wish it were not so because the 
> spreader
> tips press into the leach of the genny too soon.  However if I had cheated
> and that cheat resulted in better performance, I would feel like  whatever 
> I
> won was poisoned.
>
> I know many of you have switched to tubular aluminium spreaders...but I 
> like
> wooden ones, for no good reason.  If the old ones lasted nearly forty 
> years
> despite the accidents waiting to happen built into them; new ones made
> thoughtfully should last even longer.
>
> The marina has received my new bow pulpit ­ back in December a trucker
> delivering a boat backed into SURPRISE and tore the old one out of the 
> deck,
> not before turning it into a pretzel.  Naturally the trucker denied doing 
> it
> but the marina courageously offered to make good.  I struck a deal with 
> them
> to the effect that if they got me a new pulpit I¹d do the installation.
> Since I will have to tackle the deck core job up there now I have no 
> excuse
> not to the cockpit sole job I have been putting off for four years now.
>
> C¹mon Spring!!!
>
> Gord #426 Surprise
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