We are looking to rename our 42' schooner junk rig and would idealy like a "chinese based" name. Does anyone know a good website for appropriate names and...
I plan to extend my sail some 45% when spring comes. To test how it works before I spend money on Dacron and a sailmaker, the idea is to make the extension in...
... Just a thought... You might want to think of a word or short phrase that you like in English, then log onto one of the free translator websites like ...
Aren't some of the tarp sails put together with double sided tape? That might be an option. ... -- Regards, Stephen Wandling Project Manager Swiftsure...
Hi Nils. I think I would use some sort of tape!. Victor ... From: "djunkefersking" <n-mykleb@...> To: <junkrig@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, February...
Sounds like a good trip was had. could you post a few photos of your boat and the work you are doing to her, perhaps a few notes on what kind of problems you...
Hello, all. In it's inscrutable wisdom, yahoo deactivated my "baycruiser1954" account. Henceforth, I shall be known simply as baycruiser54@.... Please...
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Greetings all- I have posted 4 pix of the pine mainmast I am making for my Nic.32. We had a fire at the marina where I work and keep 'SEA ELF' last July which...
Greetings Neil, A cold hello from Wisconsin. I have been listening in on the group discussion for the last few weeks. I have been designing and building a 70'...
Hi. One method that have been used here in Norway is to saw a slit at least 1/3 of the dia. deep along the treetrunk. Then monitor it through one year when it...
Paul, I used pine on my last junk scooner (39 feet). Got some real big shakes too, but the masts did work well in spite of that. On my recent projekt, a 50 ...
Hello Paul, I am a former tallship sailor of numerous schooners and one 106' sloop, all sparred with solid masts. Those splits are called checks. Your masts...
Dear Paul, I should add that I have seen a number of things done to reduce checking, some pretty successfully. These have included long, slow seasoning prior...
is there any difference in using stainless as opposed to regular steel in mast fabrication. aside from the obvious need to paint the non-stainless that is. ...
I am still gathering information, but the big problem is if you weld the stainless steel the possibility of corrosion in the heat effected zone due to...
Hi Paul Hi Steven, yes, this is what I think too. Our solid masts on a 45' LOD boat had checks too, some minor ones, some major ones but that did not seem to...
Hello all- Thanks for the response. I plan on slushing the mast fairly often as well as rotating it during the seasoning session. As Steve mentioned, checks...
Thanks Christoph, That's very interesting and useful background information. When you say "the old days," are you referring to any particular boatbuilding age...
Lief, Checks are definitely no problem for unstayed junk rigs. My former boat Batwing had and still has 8" diameter masts, with lots of checks wide enough to...
Is it appropriate to treat the timber with oil as it dries out? I treated a large (but short at 4 ft) tree trunk of about 18" diameter. I regularly oiled it...
Christoph, I visited a builder in Trengganu, Malaysia, back in 1994. The building method was just as you described. I must say it was unusual. They were using...
The problem you refer to is called carbide precipitation and is one of the two problems associated with stainless alloys. It is not the problem it was just ten...
Propylene glycol does an excellent job of preventing checking and is used by woodworkers for air curing lumber. It also prevents rot. Propylene glycol is sold...
... all sparred with solid masts. Those splits are called checks. Your masts are absolutely not useless due to these; checking is unavoidable in solid masts,...
Doug, yes they use some hand powertools such as drills, planers, cicular saws, chainsaws etc. that helps speed up the process. I would love to get some of your...
Nick, I think it is perfectly alright to put oil liberally, the wood loves it. The Malays used old engine oil and put it on the spars - gives a good blackish...
Hi Steven, those were remarks I remembered written in an old german boatbuilding book I had 25 years ago. It dealt with the standard woodworking techniques in...
Hello De, The spiraling checks were an inconvenience in the one case I saw it, as it was associated with the need to rerig as the mast untwisted. The beeswax...
