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Al
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Eric, The USFS still owns the boat. It is registered on the National archives therefor, it can not be disposed. She is sitting on the hard in Wrangell after a many thousands of dollars of yard work prior to the determination of how to tend to her. I thought I had heard the seeking of a sponsor and what that may entail.
I had discussed the work underway with the yard doing the project. It seems that her last major annual ship yard work entailed a sizeable number of planks. Seems those replacement planks came from the Doug Fir related to the Mount Saint Helens eruption. The wood was deemed poor grade after the replacement work was accomplished. The result was the Wrangell contractor re-doing those as well some extensive deck work. All in All the boat is in excellent condition
tc - I LOVE that [your new] boat! Congrats... Treat her well. She's my age and we're both still strong as hell!!
healhustler
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The wife caught me looking at those photos of KJ and jumped me when she saw what was happening. Didn’t even need viagra!
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The wife caught me looking at those photos of KJ and jumped me when she saw what was happening. Didn’t even need viagra!
Brings a whole new perspective to a "wood" boat
That's supposed to be in the humor section!
Good view. Extra points if the "woodie" err... wood boat's structure is stiff like an oak tree??
Nomad Willy
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Hi Al,
Good to hear the Chugach is in good hand’s.
But I disagree about the fir. Douglass Fir is about the best wood in the world (of boat building favorites) ... in seawater. I hear this over and over for about 50 yrs. so there must be some truth in it.
But the Saint Helens fir may have been already sawn and damaged is raging rivers in the day.
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The wife caught me looking at those photos of KJ and jumped me when she saw what was happening. Didn’t even need viagra!
Robert Perry used to say "I design boats that make you want to pat them on the backside"
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I had a deck at our home made of blow down fir from St. Helens. We or the lumber supplier had no idea it was infirior. It was very mysterious how it aged for a while. Half of it rotted fast, and grew massive mushroom patches. The other half was rock solid.
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I keep passing this boat in Norfolk, VA going back and forth to FL. Totally unnecessary for the cruising I do, but I want it.
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Ted
Is that an optical illusion that she's listing to Port?
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Trawlercap wrote about fir lumber laying in his yard.
“Half of it rotted fast, and grew massive mushroom patches. The other half was rock solid.”
Rotted from fresh water. Have no idea about the “other half”.
“Half of it rotted fast, and grew massive mushroom patches. The other half was rock solid.”
Rotted from fresh water. Have no idea about the “other half”.
trawlercap
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It was lumber from Mt. St. Helens, referring to a previous post. It was an installed deck, not laying in my yard.
Being a masonry and concrete material contractor for over four decades I have much interaction with doug fir lumber [from planed 3/4" x 3/4" in all size increments up to and including custom sawn rough hewn 6" thick x 16" wide x 24' long planks] I also have worked with pine lumber and a lot of different plywood grades. On a completely different level of woodworking... for a time in Maine [at Rockport Trapstock Mill - it burned in early 70's ] I helped build oak lobster traps. All the way from a big bolter saw slicing huge oak rounds into 1.25" thick very wide planks, then table saw cutting that into 1.25" x 1.25" strips and then the steaming and forced bending of those oak strips into suitable radius for lobster trap finished construction.
Before all my interactions [during decades of being an adult] with types of wood mentioned above - in LI, NY [during my teens] I worked at boat yards repairing/maintaining wood boats as well as working at a new boat builder in Rockland Maine. And, even before that... my dad and I often worked on the wood structures of our family's wood boats.
In other words I have plenty of experience with "wood".
Which brings me to make this statement: Wood is a great material, wood is good for many building purposes and wood can become a simply beautifully cut, molded, stained and surface finished product. However... wood can be a very laborious material to build with as well as to maintain. And, there are other materials [e.g. fiberglass, aluminum, steel] that rival or surpass wood for building ease, strength, speed and general durability/lastability - if these other materials each are of correct 'material mix" and are cared for properly.
That said: I believe that as long as the correct wood is available and a wood boat's ongoing maintenance/upkeep is never let to fall asunder for too long... an originally well constructed wood boat can nearly forever be kept alive and in good condition!
Cheers!! Art
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Art! Well written post, and very much appreciated as I am about to acquire a wood boat...
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Art! Well written post, and very much appreciated as I am about to acquire a wood boat...
She's a beaut! That's for sure. Our last two boats were woodies, but our next one will be either FRG or steel.
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https://juneau.craigslist.org/bod/d/seabeck-42-custom-trawler/7230902285.html
I would believe a quick sale of this offering. Has all the attributes often mentioned as desired, chocks, bulb bow, (wait for it-slanted windows) Had to add for the fever that arouses.
Were I to entertain living onboard, this boat would be in the running for sure.
Al-Ketchikan
I would believe a quick sale of this offering. Has all the attributes often mentioned as desired, chocks, bulb bow, (wait for it-slanted windows) Had to add for the fever that arouses.
Were I to entertain living onboard, this boat would be in the running for sure.
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It is very nice. For a moment I thought it was the same as this YachtWorld listing but it is not. https://www.yachtworld.com/boats/1980/custom-tristar-lrc-trawler-3641200/
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RT Firefly
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Greetings,
Mr Al. Not one ER picture. I'm skeptical...
Mr Al. Not one ER picture. I'm skeptical...
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The one on YachtWord is a beautiful but but, exterior teak. SIGH
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That is an exceedingly good looking boat, until the picture of the engine room. There are no boats with 8Ds in my future. My back twinged when the brain determined 2 8Ds in the picture.
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Al: You always struck me as a no nonsense owner of a no nonsense Boat. I think that one would be a great match for you and a little bit of extra footage and luxury never hurt anybody.
That sounds like a 'Double Dare'!!! 
That is an exceedingly good looking boat, until the picture of the engine room. There are no boats with 8Ds in my future. My back twinged when the brain determined 2 8Ds in the picture.
Ted
https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=110068&d=1605372991
This is a nice ole boat. I like it.
That is an exceedingly good looking boat, until the picture of the engine room. There are no boats with 8Ds in my future. My back twinged when the brain determined 2 8Ds in the picture.
Ted
https://www.trawlerforum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=110068&d=1605372991
This is a nice ole boat. I like it.
And the 8-D batteries are getting too heavy the older I get.
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That is an exceedingly good looking boat, until the picture of the engine room. There are no boats with 8Ds in my future. My back twinged when the brain determined 2 8Ds in the picture.
Ted
I never had trouble moving and or installing the 3 (or was it 4) 8Ds on my N46.
When I had them replaced, the removal and installation was part of the price.
8D are meant to be removed and installed by either high school or college foot ball players. They were in the fwd port corner, outboard of the main engine. Had to be lifted out of the corner, OVER the engine, up and out of the engine room.
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