[Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ oh that gorgeous NewYork Forty

[Gordon Laco]

I watched "Mama Mia" to see the famous Tai-Mo-Shan in that film...


On 02/06/10 4:15 PM, "John Birch" <Sunstone at cogeco.ca> wrote:

> Loved the boat, hated the movie - so much syrup I'm surprised it didn't ruin
> the brightwork ; )
> 
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "edward schroeder" <eddiediver at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 4:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ oh that gorgeous
> NewYork Forty
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> 
> Michael; I used to own a1957 30 ft. Kingscruiser that 18 coats of varnish on
> her gunnels. Very beautiful. The Kingcruiser was the type boat that Robert
> Redford and Barbara Streisand had their honeymoon on in "The Way We Were".
> 
> Ed Schroeder #303 Emotional Rescue
> 
> --- On Wed, 6/2/10, crufone at comcast.net <crufone at comcast.net> wrote:
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> From: crufone at comcast.net <crufone at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Public-List] Finishes Part Two........ oh that gorgeous New York
> Forty
> To: "Alberg, Public List" <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 1:03 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Me again,
> 
> 
> 
> Storing boats in any climate will lead to finish deterioration. Using a boat
> actively contributes to cleaning the finish on a regular basis and helping
> it last longer. Dirt and grime are death to a finish, of course only next to
> Ultra Violet, freeze/thaw, physical bruising, etc.
> 
> 
> 
> I have discovered that Epoxy coatings applied to less than the entire
> surface of wood trim lead to an 'edge' which causes the Epoxy to fail. This
> applies to penetrating as well as surface Epoxy coatings/finishes. I would
> not bother to apply Epoxy to boat trim unless the trim was removed and the
> entire surface could be treated.
> 
> I believe that if the boat is a working boat and not a show boat I would
> keep the Epoxy coating to a minimum first layer, following the Epoxy with
> subsequent maintenance layers of your choice assuming that they are
> compatible with the Epoxy beneath. This gives one a decent base layer with
> upper layers which can be more easily maintained. Again if one allows the
> deterioration to proceed to damage the base layer system then you have
> defeated in theory the 'easy more manageable routine maintenance of the wood
> trim.
> 
> 
> 
> Now to one of my more orgasmic boating experiences. I was in Newport, RI.
> The strong fresh varnish odor lead me to her. One could smell the varnish
> from a city block away. Tied up to the docks of the Yacht Restoration School
> there was this magnificent New York Forty. She had just been redone some
> place up in Maine and was headed to the Isle of Wright for some sort of
> boating festival. Do you know the shivers up and down your spine when as a
> kid you were afraid of the dark? That was my reaction, in addition to almost
> wetting my pants.
> 
> 
> 
> On a wonderfully designed wooden boat, there is nothing, absolutely nothing
> more breath taking than a natural resin varnish finish. I saunt ered back
> and forth for an hour admiring the beauty of that varnish which only served
> to illuminate further Herreshoff's genius. Oh......... to be one of the
> chosen few who could have the where-with-all to own such a craft and be in
> command of the 'people' to do the maintenance......................lots and
> lots of people.
> 
> 
> 
> Michael #133
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