Ubergeekian
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Dear All
I could do with some advice on gunwale materials. The dinghy is a 7'6" Jack Holt "Dittyboat" and I have just finished removing the rotten originals. They were wooden - possibly mahogany but I can't tell now - and made up in strips. One section 1" high by 1/2" thick inside the hull, two of the same outside.
With what material of what size does the panel think I should make new gunwales? At the moment I am thinking or Iroko, and using 1" x 1/2" inside as per original but 1" x 1" outside. I realise that will mean steaming, but I'd rather do that if possible than have a potential gap between two trips on the outside - that gap is where, in a very literal sense, the rot set in.
Curve radius is 2' at worst, near the bow but generally much more. I am not particularly bothered whether I use wood or plastic and I'll be using a rope rubbing strip round the edge in due course. Without the gunwale the dinghy is very floppy!
Over to you all ...
I could do with some advice on gunwale materials. The dinghy is a 7'6" Jack Holt "Dittyboat" and I have just finished removing the rotten originals. They were wooden - possibly mahogany but I can't tell now - and made up in strips. One section 1" high by 1/2" thick inside the hull, two of the same outside.
With what material of what size does the panel think I should make new gunwales? At the moment I am thinking or Iroko, and using 1" x 1/2" inside as per original but 1" x 1" outside. I realise that will mean steaming, but I'd rather do that if possible than have a potential gap between two trips on the outside - that gap is where, in a very literal sense, the rot set in.
Curve radius is 2' at worst, near the bow but generally much more. I am not particularly bothered whether I use wood or plastic and I'll be using a rope rubbing strip round the edge in due course. Without the gunwale the dinghy is very floppy!
Over to you all ...