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

[Gordon Laco]

Hello again Len - 

I forgot to answer your movie question.... Sorry, I don't know the
circumstances under which a Friendship-like boat was chosen for that film.

G




On 27/04/11 8:43 PM, "Len Kavanagh" <lenkavanagh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Gordon,Thanks for taking the time to mentioned the keel issues you're
> having.When I was drilling my keel bolts, I could have sworn there was a
> drastic difference in hardness between one area and another. Ted Hood, in his
> book, Through Hand and Eye, details how his father and brother built an
> experimental reactor at their Little Harbor Yard - trying to produce titanium.
>  They did produce a late night explosion and a pretty good fire. I was afraid
> some of the leftover stuff might have been commandeered by the yard boss at
> Graves  for his own purposes on the Alberg30.You never know.I'd really love to
> take a look at the bjarney post. Could you please send a picture?By the way, a
> random question arose the other day that you may be able to answer.Was  there
> any particular reason Mr. Weir chose to use a Friendship Sloop as the
> instrument for Truman 's epiphany toward the end of the Truman Show? Just
> wondering.
> Fair winds,
> -Len     
> 
> --- On Tue, 4/26/11, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
> From: Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Fortitude, Len Kavanagh's wooden A30
> To: "Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all" <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>
> Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 8:50 AM
> 
> 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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