Hi. I've only recently been browsing this group. There's a lot of good info here and I know the topic of Hereshoff and long, narrow boats has been touched on...
... EXACTLY ... Interesting! ... "Roe versus Wade? How you get out of the flood is your own business." - Anon ... __________________________________ Yahoo!...
You mention a single wave, I was thinking about a wave pattern. Then it is hard to compare with monohulls, as there are a lot of really bad monohull designs on...
... I have a copy of the 1974 reprint of this book. It's heavy, fat volume, mostly about sail boats. I'm not sure what part you are referring to. I'm also not...
Thanks for the reply, Peter. I read an article in an old issue of Wooden Boat magazine a few weeks ago about the scaling up of an Appledore rowing skull to...
You can't just say Hereshoff , there were 3 of them, Capt. Nat , L. Francis and Halsey . IMHO Nat had all the talent or at least 80% , Francis got by with 15%...
Dave Gerr touches on some boats of that nature in his book " The nature of boats" I believe. He outlines the design with the "why it works" . Interesting...
... If you still want to find a copy of the book, go to your public library and ask them to get for you through interlibrary loan. You can get some long out of...
Thanks for clarifying the various Hereshoffs. I never knew that! Anyway, the Wooden Boat issue is July/August 1982 and the name of the article is "Common...
The other day I was at church and noticed how effectively the wax drippings from candles protects the wooden benches. I couldn't help wondering if anyone has...
Has anyone either used or heard of Tung Oil? See below Bill, Port Hope, Canada Customer Testimonial It's so sticky it actually pulls cracks together as it...
... I've used Danish oil, which is partly tung oil, on and off. It's easy to use, has a nice smell, does not appear to be particularly toxic (at least it ...
... Well, I've heard of it. I think it's the base for the best traditional varnish. Origin is the Chinese mainland, I think, so supply is suspect. In fact, it...
Well it has been tried but not for that purpose. The top of a surfboard is waxed to provide traction for the tootsies. Michael ... From: James Greene To:...
... Hi Folks, I used tung oil for about 15 years on the teak on my sailboats "Wolftrap" and"Kate",. I first sanded the wood down using ever finer sandpaer all...
I've used Tung Oil [ which can now be found in UV stabilised forms] for several years to protect exterior woodwork such as garden furniture. I use it on the...
But I guess that I wouldn't want to use it on the 55 foot wooden mast, thank you for the info! Bill Port Hope. Canada the end of two weeks you can see the...
There are beeswax based furniture polishes about, but my impression is that they are not very resistant to sunlight. JohnW ... From: boatdesign@yahoogroups.com...
That's correct. We use both beeswax & carnuba wax products for interior furniture finishes. Rub it in & buff it virorously, removeing most of the wax. If you...
I use end plates on rudders on some shoal draft designs, and have the impression that Bogers assertion that half of the width of the end plate from centerline...
Just FYI, Noah's Ark was 300 cubits long by 50 cubits wide by 30 cubits high. That mean L/B was 6:1 and Beam to Depth was 5:3 (or 1.67:1). A reading of C.A....
... On the Maryland Dove, dimensions at website below, we oil the hull several times a summer, and do the masts too. It's something of a task, lol. The spars...
On the subject of Noahs ship, the conventional wisdom is that she was built of "Gopher wood" but it occurs to me that she may in fact have been an early ...
Interesting reading but a little confusing one place says water resistant and another water proof it can't be both. It is water resistant high maintance not...
... I don't have the geneology in front of me. Nat was the patriarch, of course, but his brother John ran the business, freeing Nat to do the design and...
... Indeed. These are essentially the dimensions of interwar Battleships - the US and UK had classes almost exactly like this, other powers a little bigger or...
... Arr arr arr. The Hebrew reads 'gofer' as the building material. This word is in fact untranslated; we aren't sure what species this refers to. This is...
