Regarding hatchboards, I went another route. I took the old two piece hatchboards and had new three piece hatchboards made out of starboard. I put a nifty rectangular chromed vent on the top board. No maintenance and looks good in the tan color. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 7:17 PM Subject: M_Boats: Teak hatchboards and toe rail
> > I had the exact same problem with my ash hatchboards, Tod. --Craig > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 9:36 PM > Subject: Teak hatchboards and toe rail > > I think I'd be interested as well, except (to throw a wrench into the works) > that I need a slightly larger finished size of approximately 36" x 36". > > I liked my Ash plywood hatchboards until they got black streaks in them > despite my best efforts to seal them. I guess I'll consider them > "practice". ;-) > > Tod > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill > Riker > Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Teak hatchboards and toe rail > > Steve, > > I'm interested. > > Bill Riker > M-15 #184 > Storm Petrel > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve R. > Sent: August 19, 2003 8:36 AM > To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats > Subject: Teak hatchboards and toe rail > > Hi Jesse, > > I have no need to replace the toe rails but my hatch boards are in sad > shape. Mine are plain plywood which have faded and warped. > > The newer M-15s use a 1/2 inch hatch board. My older M-15 has a 3/8 inch > hatch board. > > Steve E. found a source of teak faced plywood in Maryland called Harbor > Sales. They have a two sided sliced teak 9.5 mm plywood that should work, > item 489MSTAA.5 > > Link: > > http://www.harborsales.net/ > > Look under Nautical & Marine for sliced teak. > > The problem is, they sell plywood in 4 foot x 8 foot sheets. A sheet costs > $168. They are located 500 miles from me. > > The overall size of the hatch is about 28 inches wide by 28 inches high. > They will cut the plywood into twelve pieces of approximately 12 inches high > by 32 inches wide. The cutting charge is $8. This would yield enough > material to make four sets of hatch boards, with the total dimension of each > set being about 32 inches wide by 36 inches high. The cost per set would be > $44. > > Would you or anyone else like to jointly purchase a sheet of plywood? > > Steve R. > M-15 #119 > Lexington, KY > > > --- message from "Jesse Tate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> attached: > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
