"Oh, yeah... got it. I call 'em oar stantions. Those ones on the Zizumara were hand cast by a brass worker here in Seattle. I can get a name for you if you'd like.
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Ukulady left a comment for Ben Vance
"Hi Ben, Glad to hear you are building a boat! Wondering what you mean by sockets? -Cheers, Kelly"
Brad Dimock left a comment for Ben Vance
"Bear in mind that for any five boatbuilders you ask, you'll get six answers back, and we all think we are right."
Brad Dimock left a comment for Ben Vance
"No, I never have done that, but some might. Seems overkill to me."
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"Folks usually use blocks to separate the inner gunwale from the side of the boat, placed roughly where the ribs might have gone. This is where the bolts pass through."
Brad Dimock left a comment for Ben Vance
"I'm a big fan of just bolting the gunwales on at the ribs. When you need to do gunwale or side panel work you can have the gunwales off, intact, in about twenty minutes, and on again nearly as fast.
A friend asked me to replace her gunwales a…"
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- At 5:11pm on May 9, 2012,
Ukulady said… Oh, yeah... got it. I call 'em oar stantions. Those ones on the Zizumara were hand cast by a brass worker here in Seattle. I can get a name for you if you'd like.
- At 4:00pm on May 9, 2012, Ukulady said…
Hi Ben, Glad to hear you are building a boat! Wondering what you mean by sockets? -Cheers, Kelly
- At 6:11pm on December 4, 2011,
Brad Dimock said… - Bear in mind that for any five boatbuilders you ask, you'll get six answers back, and we all think we are right.
- At 10:19am on December 4, 2011, Brad Dimock said…
- No, I never have done that, but some might. Seems overkill to me.
- At 2:26pm on November 18, 2011,
Ben Vance said… Got it. Thanks again.
- At 2:24pm on November 18, 2011, Brad Dimock said…
- Folks usually use blocks to separate the inner gunwale from the side of the boat, placed roughly where the ribs might have gone. This is where the bolts pass through.
- At 2:08pm on November 18, 2011, Brad Dimock said…
- I'm a big fan of just bolting the gunwales on at the ribs. When you need to do gunwale or side panel work you can have the gunwales off, intact, in about twenty minutes, and on again nearly as fast.
A friend asked me to replace her gunwales a few years back. What should gave been a two-day job took over a week, most of which was spent rebuilding the boat's side panels from the destruction ensuing from the gunwale removal.
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