pictures of teak deck on MacGregor

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

http://picasaweb.google.com/sorobonboy/Canoe12209?authkey=e0xdFsHlOLg&feat=email#

Pictures of teak deck on MacGregor can (hopefully) be seen at the following link.

[Canoez]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_WSP4YVL8ey4/SXnCaBhQwaI/AAAAAAAAAQI/PkK5hK8wwUI/s512/CIMG3135.JPG

Nice boat!

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

This one is definitely for show. I wanted to build a little boat that had all the attributes of building a miniature yacht.

[Canoez]

You're going to need some nice brass or bronze hardware to set off that varnished teak deck if you're going for the yacht-like appearance. It should look very nice.

How thick is your decking?

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

I have already bought the bronze! I am going to have to re-learn silver soldering skills to make the rudder hardware and I am also going to try to shape my own bronze stem band becasue all of the ones on the market are brass. I'm thinking of attaching the stemband with no fasteners, using 3m5200 adhesive for a super clean look. The teak is 1/16" veneer and the plywood is 1/8" (3mm?). Every 5/8" wide "plank" you see is really (2) 5/16" wide strips. The 5/8" just wouldn't bend in that direction so I had to do it in two pieces. There are over 100 total strips....crazy!

[paladin]

Now how many times ya think ya can holystone it?..........Nice.......

[James McMullen]

It looks nifty. . . .

. . . .but as a damply seasoned veteran of canoe sailing, I think you're going to regret every gram of penalty weight above the waterline if you ever actually get her out in any breeze. Teak--even 1/16 teak-- is heavy compared to occume. I'm leaving the deck off entirely in my next sailing canoe build.

But I must admit she looks pretty as a shore-bound showpiece.

[Canoez]

It looks nifty. . . .

. . . .but as a damply seasoned veteran of canoe sailing, I think you're going to regret every gram of penalty weight above the waterline if you ever actually get her out in any breeze. Teak--even 1/16 teak-- is heavy compared to occume. I'm leaving the deck off entirely in my next sailing canoe build.

But I must admit she looks pretty as a shore-bound showpiece.

:D:D:D - You'd better send that line over to Ed Maurer!

[Pernicious Atavist]

I got it! Damply seasoned...great...ain't we all?

Spoke to a guy back when I sold kayaks who said he wanted a cockpit-type because he didn't want to get wet...I told him to move to Arizona....

Nice deck work, BTW, but where will you place the mast? Can't wait to 'er finished!

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

Thanks for all of the comments. the mast partner is there, I just have not cut through to the deck yet. As far as weight goes, all of the teak together in a pile weighed very little...I didn't weigh it but maybe a pound or two. I don't think it would be more than some dynel and epoxy. Either way, I am building it more for the project than the sailing...although that could change once I sail it!

[PaulT]

That decking looks great!. I hear ya about the time invested, but it sure does look nice. Time well spent.

Sincerely:
Paul T

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

Wait till I fill those groove with black epoxy!

[Steve Lansdowne]

Homemade bronze hardware. Can you wait for the book to come out?

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/09/reports/feb/index.htm

[Dry Pond Boat Works]

When is the book coming out? How do I get it? Are those fillets in the "welds" silver or bronze?

[Thad Van Gilder]

silver? Those are welds! you can find silicon bronze welding wire and welding sticks if you look around! I find it works on my buddy's harbor freight cheapo crap welder!

-Thad