Ribs are done!

[davidatlantic]

Someone got their use out of these ribs, it just wasan't me! Looks the same on both sides, some are away from the gussetts as much as 3/4". [IMG]http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pe0199ac6e88732f9e577e82fb4e1a7c0/fc7d50c0.jpg.orig.jpg

[davidatlantic]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pe0199ac6e88732f9e577e82fb4e1a7c0/fc7d50c0.jpg

[ishmael]

Ribs are done, yum I'm hungry.

[Paul Scheuer]

Your Pic. (without orig.jpeg and with IMG brackets.)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid55/pe0199ac6e88732f9e577e82fb4e1a7c0/fc7d50c0.jpg

[davidatlantic]

Thanks, Paul
If I posted pics more often I would remember how!

[WFK]

Bud Mcintosh talks about builders in his book that think bigger is better in regards to frames, when in actuality, that way of thinking couldn't be farther from the truth. With the bigger frames comes more stress during steaming and bending causing a break. The frames in your picture all appear to be broken in the same area,.....the sharpest turn in the bilge, and to me shows a perfect example of what he was talking about.
Bill

[Mrleft8]

Coincidentally..... I smoked up a few racks of babyback ribs today...... Deliscious! Nothing like good food to take your mind off of everything else.... BTW.... MY ribs weren't cracked! :D

[Art Read]

Ahh... The smell of hot, steamed oak in the morning. Smells like... VICTORY! ;)

Good luck with the repairs, David. Ain't it grand that a wooden boat can ALWAYS be fixed, given enough time, money and determination?

[George Roberts]

WFK ---

(ribs, frames I don't care which)

Given the size of the knots, I was thinking the ribs were sawn.

Flat ribs look nice on canoes. Square ribs look nice on somewhat larger boats. I don't like thin ribs.

In any case, there is a balance between making the ribs stiff enough to hold the shape and flexible enough to absorb the load.

Wood boats sure look nice even when taken apart.

[davidatlantic]

George,
The knots you see are spots and stains. The ribs are clear steam bent white oak on the aft 1/3 of a 37' 1965 Egg Harbor. The bend at the turn of the bilge on these boats is known to be too tight for the oak over the long haul. George Stadel designed these boats so I wonder if any of his other designs have similar issues?

[nedL]

Dang, & I almost thought of replying a couple of days ago when I first saw the pic. "Looks like a 'classic' Egg bottom to me". Nice looking boats, but this & shot transoms are what they were known for. - Sorry :(

[davidatlantic]

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4290508427&p=4235262008&idx=22
Here are the inner half-laps. The sisters will sit next to the small laminate section.

[davidatlantic]

sorry guys, I need to un password my Imagestation account or something...

[Dave Fleming]

Is it my tired old eyes or a photo distortion or is that aft brace actully pushing the aft planking inwards?

[davidatlantic]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid56/p26ceb1c27d1a71bdd4af035f51d31fab/fc70f838.jpg.orig.jpg

[Bob Adams]

Yep, on the wooden Egg, it takes about 15 years fot them to crack. That's why I am a fan of lamination to replace them, I don't want to do it again when I've got arthitis!
Bob
Classic Egg Harbor Club

[ 03-31-2003, 12:57 PM: Message edited by: Bob Adams ]