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

[George Dinwiddie]

Gord,

If you'd like, I can give you a login to the A30 Gallery: 
http://www.alberg30.org/gallery/  It hasn't got much there, but that's 
mostly because I've neglected it.

  - George

On 4/26/11 8:50 AM, Gordon Laco wrote:
> 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
>>>
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   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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