Gary, Do you have a source for the stainless handrails or were they custom made? Henry Monita On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Gary Oberbeck via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
John Owens at jowoodworks.com made a 3 piece set for my M 17, bead and cove on horizontal edges as they 'lock' together on the seams and dont deflect as much as the plywood boards did Heavy but very durable and no warpage or peeling veneers etc. No surface finish required is big thing in this part of the world -AZ. I have replaced majority of exterior wood dropboard guides and hatch slides with Starboard or stainless steel (handrails), motor mount board is Starboard with spade bit recess for motor clamps as it is 'slippery stuff'! You can use router to remove excess material from non structural areas to lighten the parts up as the material is heavy as noted by Ken. Durable material good for riser blocks and shims too.
Have Fun, Go Sailing - we be racing this weekend.
Gary Oberbeck gilasailr@aol.com
-----Original Message----- From: Ken W <kww707@comcast.net> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman. xmission.com> Sent: Thu, Nov 30, 2017 8:52 am Subject: Re: M_Boats: Starboard for companionway boards
I’ve used it on my M17. It was easy to work with and worked fine. As I recall I had to route the sides a little to clear. I don’t remember on the M17 but on the teak boards on my M15 I installed a 3/4x2” brace board on the inside where the two boards meet. I cut it on a 45 angle so that the boards dropped in nicely and don’t leak. I’m about to replace the 3/8” boards with 1/2” plywood teak. One problem with the starboard is that it is heavy. Ken
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On Nov 29, 2017, at 9:06 PM, Thomas Buzzi <thomaspbuzzi@gmail.com> wrote:
Bet they would work fine, John. If you get pooped by a whopper of a following sea they might give but you probably would not be out in those kinds of conditions anyway. Be sure to reinstall barrel bolts on the bottom slide to keep it in place during a knockdown. Fair winds, Tom B
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 10:51 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi All,
Has anyone here used 3/8" starboard for companionway boards? Or worked with it for anything else? I'm just wondering if it's stiff enough for the span of those boards. I know 1/2" would be. Really need to replace my boards this off-season...would like something totally water/rot/warp proof for the bottom board at least.
Turns out the west coast transfer warehouse for King Plastics is about 20 minutes from here, in the north Medford industrial zone. Ironically they can't actually sell me full sheets, they'd have to refer me to a distributor - but they do custom cutting for McMasters-Carr and have a cut-offs ('scrap') pile, cash/check only, that changes week to week. So it's just a matter of waiting for the right leftovers...black or white only though, no fancy colors.
cheers, John S.
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