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
