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fitvit
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 11 May 2016 : 19:17:24
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My Norman 23 mk 3 is now on hard standing. I've noticed the wooden strips are a bit knackered on one side. I've stripped out the boat. I'm rather keen on keeping them wooden, but is there anything else I could use other than teak? Where do you get it from?
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stratford4528
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 May 2016 : 20:37:43
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| I bought a Jarra sleeper and cut it into rubbing strakes and screwed it on with stainless screws using a scarf joint to join them |
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trevork
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Posted - 11 May 2016 : 22:09:04
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Add to that, they are a tad "sacrificial" so anything you can get to look the part without breaking the bank. I know some that have simply used stained and sealed softwood.
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 12 May 2016 : 04:03:01
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I don't know where you live, but for example Ridgeons in Chatteris, Cambs used to keep planks of hardwood. Pot luck on what you could get but sawn planks you could cut, plane, mould etc yourself if you had some cheapo basic tools. Sawn hardwoods can be relatively cheap, unlikely to be teak which is a protected species but usually Sapele or Utile - the first a medium soft mahogany variant with a lovely grain, the latter a hard deep reddish brown variant.
Some shops sell Meranti - avoid, it is soft, rots easily, and loses it's red colour in days in daylight, beco0ming a beige colour.
Oak is fine - if you can find it, although it is cream.light brown coloured but you could paint it although it prefers oil.
Google is your friend if you don't want to go to an importer, but if you don't want more than say 40 feet for the two sides maybe a friendly boatyard would sell you some, possible even mould it for you. Being a woman might help in that respect - we men are such chauvinists of course.
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df
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 May 2016 : 08:09:28
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Wood looks nice and all that but rubber is the maintenance free way to go, get the right rubber (epdm)or it'll leave black streaks.
After all it's there to take knocks and bashes and that can soon make wood look tatty.
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cliveshep
Thailand
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df
United Kingdom
5994 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2016 : 15:26:08
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My view is time spent rubbing down and re-varnishing could be spent moored beside a riverside pub drinking beer!
Mmmmm beeer!
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cliveshep
Thailand
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Posted - 14 May 2016 : 03:18:25
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Beer? She's a lady, it'll be a chilled white or champagne!
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wooden rubbing strips.
