It wasn't meant as a correction, only a clarification. Keith Sneddon
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of tim ford Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Replacing Bulkheads perhaps the word "composite" was the incorrect word. prolly should have said "polymer-composite" such as Coosacomposite® thanks for the correction, Keith! tf perhaps "crazy" was a bad word choice too Sneddon, Keith wrote: > Not to pick at flies off a dead horse (either we went through this not so > long ago, or my Déjà Vu is kicking in again), and only to help avoid big > expenditures that would make your boat worse, not better: Plywood is a > composite material, but not, given the state of the materials available, an > optimum choice for bulkheads on boats. Starboard is not a composite material, > it is a plastic material, and would probably be a bad choice for bulkheads, > because it will "relax" against a sustained load (like that applied by your > chainplates) over time, and it is not strong in bearing (like the load > applied by the bolts that hold on your chainplates). The optimum choice will > be something not made of wood ( or anything else that absorbs moisture) that > has some sort of hydrophobic fiber reinforcement. > > Keith Sneddon > #4760, "Are We There Yet?" > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > tim ford > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:44 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: catalina27-talk: Replacing Bulkheads > > not gonna beat a dead horse here. but: > > anyone who replaces plywood with plywood is crazy as there are now > non-wicking, non-rotting, > dimensionally stable, easy to work with composites that are far more > suitable to this application. > > unless it's against class rules: then nevermind. > > tf > never mind > > > > > > >
