[Public-List] Cockpit Coaming

[Anders Bro via Public-List]

Hi Wes,
If the purpose of the coaming is to keep all that lovely greenwater out, 
then does it makes sense to add that spacer? On the other hand if it is 
for beauty or a place against which your back to rest, then I do like 
the idea of a spacer...
Anders

On 10/22/2015 09:16 AM, Wes Gardner via Public-List wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This has probably been discussed before...I removed my coamings (and winch
> pedestals) yesterday and am considered sailing next year "commando style"
> without them.  I'll see what my wife thinks. We sail mainly in "daysail
> mode" so there's no chance of green water rolling into the cockpit.  I am
> of the "lean against the lifelines" school of steering to leeward.  The
> boat DOES feel quite different without them.  Feels kinda nice, actually.
> That's another discussion....
>
> What I DID find is that mine were installed completely "dry" meaning there
> was no bedding of anything anywhere.  Maybe this was intentional as the
> space between the wood and the glass is a great place for trapping crud.
> What have others done in this area?  I thought about intentionally spacing
> the wood away with a flat washer and cutting some weeps in along the
> bottom?
>
> Anyone know of a good source for teak?  I have a bandsaw, sabre saw and
> router so I can shape and machine, I'll need to get the pieces joined as I
> don't have access to a jointer.  (I truly miss the one in the boatyard that
> had like an eight foot bed, but those days are gone...)
>
> Wes
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