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Post by tonyb on Nov 3, 2016 19:10:01 GMT
Do you mean shingles or tingles? I think it is very common to use copper tingles to protect vulnerable areas like the side plank to transom area on cruisers.
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Post by JohnV on Nov 3, 2016 19:13:38 GMT
I suspect Kris was thinking in terms of the copper overlapping plates that used to be used to cover all the underwater areas of old wooden ships ....the basis of the term "copper bottomed" .... must re-post that in the boat based sayings thread
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Post by kris on Nov 3, 2016 19:27:23 GMT
I suspect Kris was thinking in terms of the copper overlapping plates that used to be used to cover all the underwater areas of old wooden ships ....the basis of the term "copper bottomed" .... must re-post that in the boat based sayings thread That's exactly what I was thinking of John, I know it was used to stop worms eating wooden boats in the tropics. But I've seen it used on a few old wooden boats. I was wondering if it would cut down on maintenance and prolong life.
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Post by kris on Nov 3, 2016 19:31:09 GMT
One of my mates wooden boats, about 90 years old and a hull that looks very similar to a Bristol pilot. It has been sheathed in a glass fibre "west system" coating we believe about 25 or 30 years ago which seems to holding up very well thats interesting John I can't help thinking when I see an old wooden boat sheathed in glassfibre it's been done as "a last resort" anyway I don't want a wooden boat, I don't won't a wooden boat, I don't want a wooden boat.
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Post by Saltysplash on Nov 4, 2016 0:42:23 GMT
With todays antifoul and proper maintenance there should be no need to sheath a wooden hull with coper or fibreglass. One you've covered over the wood you have no way of knowing what going on underneath. I've seen a few decks that have been grp sheathed and they were all springy to walk on. I used to dry dock and refoul the old tub every year. Used putty mixed with red lead powder to fill any areas where worm or burrowing critters could attack, then primed with Jotun silver primer and finished with Jotun Antifoul. Before During and after
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Post by flatdog on Nov 4, 2016 17:14:23 GMT
If I had a wooden boat now, it would be resin coppercoated with additional copper dust added rather than copper plated - no nails and gaps.
It's amazing what a difference there is to the soundness of wood underneath when viewing copper sheathed v std antifouled hulls recently bared.
Not that I am expert, just an interested bystander.
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