Subject: RE: [baidarka] New boat photos, and seat question
From: Phil Ellis (pcoellis@hotmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 27 2001 - 09:42:59 EDT
Great looking boat, Gina. Are the deck beams steam bent or laminated?
Regards,
Phil
>From: "Cicotello, Gina" <GCicotello@finsys.com>
>Reply-To: baidarka@paddlewise.net
>To: "'baidarka@paddlewise.net'" <baidarka@paddlewise.net>
>Subject: RE: [baidarka] New boat photos, and seat question
>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:19:45 -0400
>
>~~ Was hoping you might detail which parts of
>~~ the boat are made from which woods...?
>
>Sure, you'll have to forgive my rudimentary terminology...
>
>
>Douglas fir: gunwales, stringers, keelson, deck ridge, floor boards
>
>White oak: ribs
>
>Spruce: top bow piece (pics #5, #22)
>
>Yellow pine: deck beams, coaming, tail piece, and the pieces that hold the
>gunwales together fore and aft
>
>
>Yellow pine at the most stressed or strength-worthy points, white oak for
>steam bending, spruce because it's lightweight at the bow (pretty too), and
>Douglas fir everywhere else.
>
>-g
>
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