They'd gone straight but now they're 'round the bend!

[John L. Reizian]

For those kind souls who responded to my plea for help with respect to my coaming boards which had "gone straight" while I had them off the boat for refinishing, here's page two . . .

Following the advice of several respondents who had experienced similar phenomena, I started screwing them back on starting with the aft end of the board and worked my way forward. Lo and behold the self-same boards which had so rigidly resisted forming themselves to the curve of the cockpit wall, with minor prodding, yielded all pride and "assumed the position". Wood (even teak) apparently does have a memory after all . . . I just don't know if it gets nostalgic.

Thanks again for the generosity of you who responded to my plea and I hope others will have gained from my moment of panic.

Best regards. John, s/v "Star" (CD25)



jlreizian@snet.net

[Dennis Truett]

John, I for one, will gain from your experiance. I am planning the same project this winter. I would have panicked too. I think I will try to maintain the curve by blocking the boards with a couple of blocks and 2 clamps at each end. I have one question though. After you finish the boards and reinstall them, you have to replace the wood plugs and sand them down. How do you then finish the plugs to make them look as it were done in the horizontal position?

Dennis CD26D

For those kind souls who responded to my plea for help with respect to my coaming boards which had "gone straight" while I had them off the boat for refinishing, here's page two . . .

Following the advice of several respondents who had experienced similar phenomena, I started screwing them back on starting with the aft end of the board and worked my way forward. Lo and behold the self-same boards which had so rigidly resisted forming themselves to the curve of the cockpit wall, with minor prodding, yielded all pride and "assumed the position". Wood (even teak) apparently does have a memory after all . . . I just don't know if it gets nostalgic.

Thanks again for the generosity of you who responded to my plea and I hope others will have gained from my moment of panic.

Best regards. John, s/v "Star" (CD25)