Hi all, I've been spending a fair bit of time working on *Ad Hoc*, my kayaking mothership (or, as I like to think of it, the muthah-ship). One of the major flaws in the boat was some dry rot that had destroyed the original mahogany trim on the port side above the old dinette. I took a Japanese-style draw-saw to the trim and cut the piece at a 45-degree angle. Then I took some mahogany I had and created a piece that would match it - more or less - and cut the end at 45-degree. After prepping the old wood under the trim I screwed the new piece in and finished it with spar varnish. It turned out that the new piece was somewhat darker than the old piece so I decided to blend the two with a nice ship's clock mounted over the scarf joint. You can also see part of the new dinette table that I build - complete with teak fiddles. I intend to fiddle all counters because it has been my experience that rocking and rolling, while nowhere near the problem it was in my youth, can still knock stuff off the counters if they don't have fiddles. I've always believed that fiddles also make any boat look more nautical, anyway. The link to the photos is: http://www.westcoastpaddler.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=2413 Feedback is always nice. A 25-foot boat doesn't offer much room for alterations but there is always room for new ideas. Craig Jungers Moses Lake, WA *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 17 2008 - 11:16:34 PST
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