On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 12:44:39 +0100, leee wrote in message <200908071244.39180.l...@spatial.plus.com>:
> On Friday 07 Aug 2009, Torsten Dreyer wrote: > > > On Fri, 7 Aug 2009 08:46:57 +0000 (UTC), Martin wrote in > > > message > > > > > > <h5gpm1$vj...@osprey.mgras.de>: > > > > Torsten Dreyer wrote: > > > > > Looks like Scotland and Germany have something in common > > > > > ;-) > > > > > > > > .... except from the fact that there are even fewer trees in > > > > Scotland because of their crazy ancestors' decision to build > > > > a magnificent naval force ;-) > > > > > > ..you forget a lot of _that_ wood came from Norway. ;o) > > > > Fortunately they did not use Swedens wood. IKEA wouldn't exist! > > > > Torsten > > I'm just wondering how much hardwood there is in Sweden. Sweden's > Firs might have been ok for the masts and spars but hardwood was > needed for the hull and superstructure, typically Oak for the keel > and frames and other hardwoods for hull and deck planking. ..dunno much about Swedish boat building, a broad generalization is consider it European style for vessels longer than 30 feet after AD 1400, before that, it's Norse (or Viking) style "working with nature" rather than "fight nature", we used fir, spruce and a few dirty tricks to make wide planks from thin trunks, cut your 2" "plank" plywood veneer style, while you steam it. ;o) ..another possible source of these potent Viking legends, is somebody piling up dirty tricks "See these planks?"-style ;o) > Teak was especially favoured for deck planking once trade had opened up > the tropics. A relatively little known fact is that Balsa is > actually a hardwood :-) > > LeeE -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
