[Public-List] Cockpit Coaming

Brooke Harwood via Public-List public-list at lists.alberg30.org
Thu Oct 22 08:38:35 PDT 2015


Warren's does have a great teak choice & a better price last time I checked.
On Oct 22, 2015 10:51 AM, "Michael Grosh via Public-List" <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> If Exotic Lumber doesn't work for you, try Warren's Woodworks off Glebe
> Road Easton. They are right next to the Hinkley repair facility, I am sure
> they have teak in all dimensions.
>
> MichaelGrosh
> #220
> On Oct 22, 2015 9:16 AM, "Wes Gardner via Public-List" <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 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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