Holiday Plans in Peril! Urgently require small Hardwood block supplier recommendation!

[najsmith]

Hi all,

Urgently need to buy a replacement mounting block to fit for this weekend, if vacation plans are to involve any sailing next week! Jetwashing the deck revealed a rotten wooden block, that clearly hadnt had enough love or teak oil over the years.

Any reliable / reasonable / quick suppliers out there ? Dimensions are roughly 6.5"L x 1.5"W x 0.75"(or 0.5") H

Based in Guildford area, Sail out of Portsmouth.

Much appreciated forumites!

NAJS

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

Hi all,

Urgently need to buy a replacement mounting block to fit for this weekend, if vacation plans are to involve any sailing next week! Jetwashing the deck revealed a rotten wooden block, that clearly hadnt had enough love or teak oil over the years.

Any reliable / reasonable / quick suppliers out there ? Dimensions are roughly 6.5"L x 1.5"W x 0.75"(or 0.5") H

Much appreciated forumites!

NAJS



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Do Google for timber supplies in your area. Not DIY places.

 

[wrr]

Your best chance in the timescale is to get an offcut of teak from a proper boatbuilder. Try Tim Gilmore in Birdham (Services - Tim Gilmore) or Hayling Yacht Services (About Hayling Yacht Company).

 

[penfold]

Replace it with a lump of acrylic or nylon and never have to pay it any attention ever again; plenty of people on popular internet auction sites selling either or if you have signmakers nearby you could try them.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

Kitchen chopping boards make a cheap source of nylon / polypropylene / polyurethane sheet…

Edit: pedantry reflected.

 

[Poignard]

Kitchen chopping boards make a cheap source of nylon sheet.

Yes, my mast has spent most of the last 25 years standing on a piece of one.

 

[najsmith]

Thanks everyone. Have found a Kiln dried Iroko and Mahogony supplier that could get me something I can bring down to the right size, for £20 incl. delivery - is such Iroko or Mahogony "Marine worthy" provided I oil it up regularly?

 

[penfold]

Kitchen chopping boards make a cheap source of nylon sheet.

A pedant writes; its more likely polypropylene or polyurethane, but still ideal for this purpose and as a bonus available in garish colours for free from commercial kitchens as they have to chuck them out regularly.

 

[Poignard]

I have a piece 7" x 2-1/2" x 27/32" which you are welcome to have if you fancy a drive out to Croydon.

I think it's mahogany.

The price? Nothing!

 

[Sticky Fingers]

A pedant writes; its more likely polypropylene or polyurethane, but still ideal for this purpose and as a bonus available in garish colours for free from commercial kitchens as they have to chuck them out regularly.

Pedantry noted thankfully

 

[Boathook]

Could just use a piece of softwood that will more than likely last the rest of the season.

 

[harvey38]

I can cut you two pieces of iroko or sapele 10mm thick and bond them together to give you 20mm thickness, if you PM me your address I can get them off tomorrow using EVRI next day so,you should have 'em by Thursday.

 

[najsmith]

I have a piece 7" x 2-1/2" x 27/32" which you are welcome to have if you fancy a drive out to Croydon.

I think it's mahogany.

The price? Nothing!

PM'd

 

[Poignard]

If I were doing it I would probably cast a base in epoxy as described in Section 7.3 of the WEST Fiberglass Manual.

https://www.westsystem.com/app/uploads/2022/10/Fiberglass-Manual-2015.pdf

 

[najsmith]

If I were doing it I would probably cast a base in epoxy as described in Section 7.3 of the WEST Fiberglass Manual.

https://www.westsystem.com/app/uploads/2022/10/Fiberglass-Manual-2015.pdf

It's a fair comment. I have yet to remove it and assess what reinforcement (if any) exists beneath. The wood is needed for height clearance to run the lines through the appropriate guides.

 

[Poignard]

It's a fair comment. I have yet to remove it and assess what reinforcement (if any) exists beneath. The wood is needed for height clearance to run the lines through the appropriate guides.

Well you probably won't have time for casting a base so my chunk of mahogany seems the easiest solution for now.

 

[Martin_J]

I would stop off at J Inkster Timber merchant, just off the A3 near Havant.. It's a bit of a wiggle to get to and their website is rather old, but you just pick up the pieces you want and pay according to size of the bits you found..

Red marker below..



Although for a piece that size, I'd have temporarily found an off cut of the local marina decking (asked for of course), because they're permanently replacing planks.

 

[Pinnacle]

Hi all,

Urgently need to buy a replacement mounting block to fit for this weekend, if vacation plans are to involve any sailing next week! Jetwashing the deck revealed a rotten wooden block, that clearly hadnt had enough love or teak oil over the years.

Any reliable / reasonable / quick suppliers out there ? Dimensions are roughly 6.5"L x 1.5"W x 0.75"(or 0.5") H

Based in Guildford area, Sail out of Portsmouth.

Much appreciated forumites!

NAJS



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I may have just what you want and in Guildford. I have pm’d you my mobile number.