tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852003173593963201.post936101270481980295..comments2023-11-05T12:35:57.304+00:00Comments on Sally II: Three Things...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852003173593963201.post-64012183970599774782011-05-12T21:15:25.671+01:002011-05-12T21:15:25.671+01:00Your friend Rick misses the point completely (drin...Your friend Rick misses the point completely (drinking in the afternoon fuddles my brain too). It's not the plywood or epoxy that bothers me (it can produce fine, practical, strong boats) but using steamed timbers in a construction that does not need them. <br /><br />Steaming timbers into a traditional, riveted clinker boat is essential, as it imparts vital strength. A glued plywood epoxy boat gets its strength from the plywood and glue, with minimal framing. It' a good method. <br /><br />Thus it's the mix of methods that I find surprising. In short there is no need to add steamed timbers to a glued plywood boat, unless it's for quaint effect. It's like adding non structural faux Tudor beams in a modern house (or copper rivets in the plank lands of a plywood/epoxy boat).Adrian Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15208252802422938275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852003173593963201.post-46338677044076519842011-05-12T20:36:36.171+01:002011-05-12T20:36:36.171+01:00I mentioned your comment to my good friend Rick, w...I mentioned your comment to my good friend Rick, who is my partner in crime on the glued plywood pram with the steamed oak frames. Back four decades, when he was a shipwrights apprentice, he might have disdained such a travesty but over an afternoon toddy yesterday his comment was "If they'd had plywood two hundred years ago, they'd have used it too".<br />At the least, we can say the transoms are real wood and there is no epoxy involved. Maybe we should put some rivets in the plank laps to give more of an impression of authenticity?dorymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077373149267825091noreply@blogger.com