Mary Anne Binder Plank


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Posted by John on June 22, 2005 at 15:56:48 from 165.91.196.141 user Mcneacail.

Well I managed to put a plank on in a single night. In this case it is the binder plank. Second last plank on the starboard side. It is possible to rove on your own - but it gets tricky at times. With the latest plank I used a short piece of 100 by 50 mm pine and rested it on a cloth on my knee against the nail head and then I drive the rove on. I found that it hurts the knee less to use the light hammer rather than the mallet to drive the rove on.

The safety people have shut down our workshop because of problems with wood chip. All I have to do now is sneak in at midnight and plane down my planks. BS all over again. Anyone got a brick.

Questions:

1. What type of varnish do you think the current Scarab uses?
2. I am still wondering why the author of the book on the boat listed small copper nails it is a lot easier to rove with the slighlty larger ones, which he also said to buy. The little ones bend in the planking and a real problem.
3. He also said to buy ring shank nails - I have no idea what I am supposed to use them for.
4. Any ideas of where the Scarab's sail was made?

Sorry no pictures, by the time I finished at 11 oclock I was covered with dolfinite - smelled like an old fish and hurt like hell. Mossies were bad to. Not a good idea to swat a mossie whilst you have a mallet in your hand.

JMN



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