[Public-List] Liner boats

[Greg Hounsell]

Thanks! That's just what I needed to know.

Greg

On Wed, May 8, 2019, 3:46 PM Gordon Laco via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Hello Greg -
>
> A ‘liner boat’ is one with a hull number over 400… you are certainly in
> the liner era.
>
> The main differences are
>
> - the galley arrangement (liner boats have top loading ice boxes)…
>
> - The floor board arrangement in the cabin sole (liner boats have a fibre
> glass inner structure which the floor boards lay in)
>
> - Liner boats have the improved aluminium mast step support arch
>
> - and of course, they were built with a liner that covers the entire deck
> head, and that includes the inner surfaces of the coach roof.
>
> - there are numerous other differences involving how the toe rail is made,
> balsa core decks (stiffer, lighter and stronger when the balsa is healthy,
> not so good if it gets wet…)
>
> There is no space between the so called liner and the actual structure of
> the deck… they are a single integral structure, not two structures.
>
> In practical terms, liner boats have a gelcoated inner surface to their
> decks just like the outer surfaces.    With regard to fitting a light;
> you’ll have to run the wires on the surface of the deck head just as in an
> earlier vintage non-liner boat.
>
> Gordon Laco
> #426 Surprise
>
>
>
>
> > On May 8, 2019, at 2:42 PM, Greg Hounsell via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> >
> > What is between (assumption) the liner and the coach roof?
> >
> > Thinking about installing a dome light and the running of the wires..
> >
> > Greg
> > #592
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