"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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| You want to verify your wedges Bob?... poke firmly with a 2" common nail
on
| each exposed _SIDE_ ... if it penetrates beyond the cone of the tip it's
| either very soft wood or doughty.
|
| Good lord.

Well Bob.... it's a standard method of checking for dry rot. But don't let
the fact that I've worked with boat builders and fisherman since I was 14...
on wooden Cape Islanders from garboard to sheer strakes.... and think I
would know anything about wood in a marine environment. Don't even let it
enter into consideration that I've replaced and repaired lapstrake,
edge-nailed and carvel planked boats for years when I was a teenager...
enter into the possibility I might have a clue about wood in a marine
environment. Perish the thought that after 6 seasons of hand caulking every
seam below the water line with oakum and seaming with white lead & putty to
the exact concave to flush the seam when the planks swelled..... interfere
with your beliefs about my knowledge in this area. Have you ever selected,
cut, seasoned and pegged a stem post replacement?

Now Bob... you still want to talk to me about wood and boats? Please tell me
how your oak shims might be rotting inside.... Maybe you got worms in your
wood.... Bwahahahahahahahahahaaaa!!

CM