Archive for 'Bamboo'
Is that a mast?
OK, just so you understand why people are intimidated when they ask if the bamboo is a mast and we answer that we use it for battens. Ida got this offcut for making mugs of. But it says something about the size.
Batten waste
Posted: July 3rd, 2008 under Bamboo, Junk rig, Photos, Rig.
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Some picture progress
Today I snapped some pictures of the progress.
The Deck with sail and dinghy.
Steering station portlights
Bow roller and sail.
We haven’t adjusted the lazy jacks yet, so the yard and sail bundle has a little drooping angle. Notice the new thick bamboo. We put it only on one side of the sail, used no keep battens. […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2008 under Bamboo, Junk rig, Building, Photos.
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Fun with the new battens
My hands are oh so sore. Tying battens to a junksail (actually with these battens it’s the other way around, you tie the sail to the battens) is bloody business. If you can stand the swollen fingers it is great fun to walk around with the bamboo, thicker than my over arm, until someone asks […]
Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Bamboo, Junk rig, Rig.
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Moldy battens?
Some of the bamboo battens grow mildew last year. Will try some treatment this year.
But what is best?
Paint? Varnish? Cuprinol? Nothing?
Suggestions, please!
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under Bamboo, Junk rig, Rig.
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Bamboo batten blues - again
Today the bamboo for the battens finally arrived. But they are too thin. Obviously there was some misunderstanding in how to measure the diameter.
So we got 26 canes. 5,4 meters long. (That means about a third of the batten will be overlapped and seized in the middle.) At the thick end they were 40-45 mm […]
Posted: August 10th, 2007 under Bamboo, Junk rig, Sailmaking, Photos, Rig.
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