[Public-List] Fortitude, Len Kavanagh's wooden A30

[Gordon Laco]

Wonderful story Len - I'm in the midst of drilling and tapping new keel bolt
holes in TOUCH WOOD (my Folkboat) now.   My friend and professional
machinist Mark has commented that he suspects her keel is not iron but
perhaps steel as yours is.  Whatever it is, it is not homogenous.  We go
through some places steadily then stop at others and wear out drill bits
before finally getting through.   We suspect that there is a lot of hard and
soft ferrous material in the casting that was thrown in to make up the mass.

The first time we hit a hard spot we thought there might be stones in the
midst of the casting - that would have been disaster - but it was 'just' a
hard spot.   All the holes are in now - funny we went in 3 1/2" too.  This
week we'll be cutting the threads.

Yesterday I got the bjarney post in... That's the low post with a steel loop
on top that receives the mainsheet.  We called it 'the shin basher', because
that's the other thing it does....  It's strange, but of all the jobs TW
needs that was one of the simplest, but I have a feeling that that post was
part of her personality and now that it's back in, a milestone in the
restoration has been passed.  If anyone wants to see a picture of it, let me
know and I'll send it off list.

Len - too bad we sail in waters so far apart - I would be great to raft the
wooden boats up someplace some day.

Gord #426 SURPRISE (and F KC16 TOUCH WOOD)


On 25/04/11 7:59 PM, "Richard Mair" <ramair49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for that link George. Never knew it all started in wood. Great
> reading
> Richard
> 
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 6:43 PM, George Dinwiddie
> <gdinwiddie at alberg30.org>wrote:
> 
>> Len has written up some of his adventures on this boat.  His story is now
>> posted at http://alberg30.org/CarlAlberg/WoodenBoats/Alestra/Fortitude.pdf
>> 
>>  - George
>> 
>> --
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>  When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
>>  I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
>>  So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
>>  So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
>>               'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
>>  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> 
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