Stainless or mahogany?

[Jamie Dundee]

Easy question, new flagstaff on a ‘peche promanade’, stainless or mahogany. Roughly the same price so purely aesthetic.

 

[Deleted member 478]

Surely, her-indoors is the correct person to ask?

 

[Jamie Dundee]

Surely, her-indoors is the correct person to ask?

Non capito. I’m not sure she’s realised that there is aesthetic life beyond the heads yet, and long may that state of affairs continue

 

[pvb]

Stainless - less work in the future!

 

[[2574]]

Mahogany. Proper job!

 

[AllanG]

Stainless

 

[rogerthebodger]

If its permintally rigger stainless if its demountable mahogany.

Even through I do lots of stainless steel fabrication I made mine from a scrap of mahogany and only mount it when on passage. Otherwise it hangs under my solar panels in a protected area of my solar granty.

 

[TernVI]

mahogany would be the wrong wood surely?

 

[Pete7]

mahogany would be the wrong wood surely?

Plus expensive, what's wrong with a curtain pole from the Range. they even come with a knob for the top. quick coat of floor varnish and job done.

 

[pvb]

Mine's stainless, and demountable. A lovely polished tapered stainless staff, zero maintenance, looks great, what's not to like?

 

[rogerthebodger]

Looks good. It interesting how tube is tapered.

Is yours taperd all the way along of just a part at the top end.

I designed a machine to taper stainless and mild steel tube many many years ago.

 

[LadyInBed]

How posh is your boat?
Modern plastic - Stainless
Classic - Hard wood
Cheap MAB - A bit of broom stick, painted with decking stain if you want to go up market!

 

[dulls]

Easy question, new flagstaff on a ‘peche promanade’, stainless or mahogany. Roughly the same price so purely aesthetic.

Stainless, no varnishing.

 

[Norman_E]

When I bought my boat I had one made from teak.

 

[Graham_Wright]

Mine's stainless, and demountable. A lovely polished tapered stainless staff, zero maintenance, looks great, what's not to like?

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Bit droopy! Weld need redoing?

 

[pvb]

Bit droopy! Weld need redoing?

It's at the correct angle according to EU Regulation EC49723/aa789/1918 (as amended).

 

[Baggywrinkle]

Surely, her-indoors is the correct person to ask?

Absolutely, mine preferred wood.

 

[Sharky34]

Easy question, new flagstaff on a ‘peche promanade’, stainless or mahogany. Roughly the same price so purely aesthetic.

I wouldn't use mahogany, apparently the splinters are poisonous, should you be unfortunate enough to suffer a broadside.

 

[pyrojames]

Easy question, new flagstaff on a ‘peche promanade’, stainless or mahogany. Roughly the same price so purely aesthetic.

Teak

 

[johnalison]

There is a s/s staff on the bottom in Breskens marina. If you find it, it belongs to a friend who has since sold the Island Packet it came from. They were on board near us and asleep when they heard a noise, which turned out to be a couple of 'revellers' nicking things. In the rush to escape my friend's wrath the staff ended up in the water.

I prefer mahogany. I've got to have something to varnish in the spring, and there is only the staff and the tiller.