Re: What makes a sharpie a sharpie?

--- In bolger@y..., "Todd" <bitme1234@y...> wrote:

> I thought it was just the flat bottom and rocker?
>
> Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in epoxy and then spar
> varnish , or just spar varnish?
>
> Todd
>
> Happy Thanksgiving

i would , and have used slightly thickened epoxy onthe ends of the
blades , not enough glue powder to discolour the finish.
The rest I would varnish . I have found that varnish over epoxy
sweated off on my hands when rowing. I use a mix of varnish + 5%
linseed oil + 5% turps for my first coat . It takes forever to dry
which is a good thing.
Cheers Paul
PS thanks for all the comments on epxoy V polyester, they were
ahuge help since I'm now going to use neither!. The transon annd
rudder are already Epoxy / 6oz glass as is the bowpost?, maybe one
more layer of glass on the bow.
I'm busy cleaning a pile of scrounged Baltic Pine floorboards for
some 'floorboards ' and side benches/ raisable decking cum beds,
Nice boards , they came from 2 old pubs built in 1906 and 1899.
The y replaced them with 'Treated radiata pine' Guess who got the
best deal!
Cheers Paul

I think it is any boat that arrives in the imagination
as a result of imitating or building on the designs
used in by Oystermen etc... in Chesy, or perhaps
southern florida.

I don't know whether I would epoxy the oars, but I
wouldn't woory obut it being advers. I have built
quite a lot of paddles with epoxy coatings, and no ill
results. Try a tough epoxy like System 3 if you have
a choice, rather than something excelent but hard like
WESY.

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--- In bolger@y..., "Todd"
<bitme1234@y...> wrote:

> I thought it was just the flat bottom and

rocker?

> 
> Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in

epoxy and then spar

> varnish , or just spar varnish? 
> 
> Todd 
> 
> Happy Thanksgiving

Todd, 
 
Not sure I can help with regard to the sharpie
question seems to be so 
many variations. 
 
Oars get banged around alot and have lots of edges the
epoxy coating 
could crack. This would allow the wood inside to
get wet; bad. 
Varnish will crach too but is easier to clean up and
revarnish. 
 
Andy 
 
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I think the ratio is 6 to 1 to qualify as a sharpie. Bolger uses
that reference often in his books describing the proper ratio.
Perhaps there is a range that qualifies!! i'm not sure. Flat bottom
is a given and I think moderate rocker may be more common.

Steve B.

--- In bolger@y..., "Bill Kreamer" <kreamer@m...> wrote:
> How about a flat or nearly flat bottom, unstayed rig, good amount of
> rocker with most of the curve in the middle, and a 4-to-1 or better
> length to beam ratio, and 20 feet of length or better.
>
> Bill Kreamer, President
> Sol-Air Company
> 129 Miller St.
> Belfast, Maine, U.S.A. 04915
>
> Tel 207-338-9513
> Fax 208-978-7839
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amoore@h... [mailto:amoore@h...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 10:04 PM
> To: bolger@y...
> Subject: [bolger] Re: What makes a sharpie a sharpie?
>
> --- In bolger@y..., "Todd" <bitme1234@y...> wrote:
> > I thought it was just the flat bottom and rocker?
> >
> > Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in epoxy and then spar
> > varnish , or just spar varnish?
> >
> > Todd
> >
> > Happy Thanksgiving
>
> Todd,
>
> Not sure I can help with regard to the sharpie question seems to be
so
> many variations.
>
> Oars get banged around alot and have lots of edges the epoxy coating
> could crack. This would allow the wood inside to get wet; bad.
> Varnish will crach too but is easier to clean up and revarnish.
>
> Andy
>
>
>
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How about a flat or nearly flat bottom, unstayed rig, good amount of
rocker with most of the curve in the middle, and a 4-to-1 or better
length to beam ratio, and 20 feet of length or better.

Bill Kreamer, President
Sol-Air Company
129 Miller St.
Belfast, Maine, U.S.A. 04915

Tel 207-338-9513
Fax 208-978-7839
Emailkreamer@...

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Subject: [bolger] Re: What makes a sharpie a sharpie?

--- In bolger@y..., "Todd" <bitme1234@y...> wrote:
> I thought it was just the flat bottom and rocker?
>
> Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in epoxy and then spar
> varnish , or just spar varnish?
>
> Todd
>
> Happy Thanksgiving

Todd,

Not sure I can help with regard to the sharpie question seems to be so
many variations.

Oars get banged around alot and have lots of edges the epoxy coating
could crack. This would allow the wood inside to get wet; bad.
Varnish will crach too but is easier to clean up and revarnish.

Andy

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--- In bolger@y..., "Todd" <bitme1234@y...> wrote:

> I thought it was just the flat bottom and rocker?
>
> Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in epoxy and then spar
> varnish , or just spar varnish?
>
> Todd
>
> Happy Thanksgiving

Todd,

Not sure I can help with regard to the sharpie question seems to be so
many variations.

Oars get banged around alot and have lots of edges the epoxy coating
could crack. This would allow the wood inside to get wet; bad.
Varnish will crach too but is easier to clean up and revarnish.

Andy

I thought it was just the flat bottom and rocker?

Just finished making one oar. Do I cover it in epoxy and then spar
varnish , or just spar varnish?

Todd

Happy Thanksgiving