xeitosaphil
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Agree 100 %. Here are mine, need re-varnish through
That looks like proper teak to me - the Bee's knee's :encouragement:
Were they made from pieces of Decking- it's unusual to see caulked seams?
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That looks like proper teak to me - the Bee's knee's :encouragement:
Were they made from pieces of Decking- it's unusual to see caulked seams?
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After spending the last two days doing the timber trim on the gunwales and handrails I am starting to see the beauty in stainless steel and aluminum.
rogerthebodger
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No it's Iroko strips glued to a ply backing. Total thickness of about 25mm so to fit snug into the slides.
My cockpit table, slide hatch, hatch garage and cockpit table is all done the same way.
I purchased to a load (2 cubic meters) of Iroko, African Mahogany and African rosewood when I was building my current boat so I do a fair bit of woodwork mainly inside.
Any outside woodwork is kept covered with canvas when not in use due to the sun damage at my location 30 degrees south
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sailorman
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Do you need an uphaul for them :disgust:
rogerthebodger
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Yes I limited the wood outside to items that I could easy cover when the boat was not in use most of my wood work is inside with all inside bulkheads covered in strip planking of African Mahogany.
Have a browse of some of my build pics
http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/Distantshaws/library/?sort=3&page=1
rogerthebodger
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Not heavy even SWMBO can move then as they are in two pieces.
sailorman
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Well that really was a project, how long did it take to build her
rogerthebodger
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We purchased the hull and superstructure and trucked it to Johannesburg in January 2005. As can be seen we completed finished the outside with quite alot of engineering, internal fitting out and all the electrics.
We then moved it to Durban August 2009 where we had been slowly shaking it down with regular trips to Durban every month to two. We are now doing some day sailing to get more more used to the boat and to get SWMBO more experience.
Yes alot of work but I think it was worth it and have always enjoyed that kind of work as I used to be stuck in an office running a company designing computer software up until I retired 3 years ago and closed the business.