hmmm,
does 'gar' refer to some heat treatment done to help shape the board?
Scout


"Nav" wrote
Why is the garboard strake so called?

I don't think so.

Cheers

Scout wrote:

hmmm,
does 'gar' refer to some heat treatment done to help shape the board?
Scout


"Nav" wrote

Why is the garboard strake so called?

the 'gar' prefix seems important. Looks like the origin is the Dutch word
for "cooked" or "done".
I would think it would be put in place early in the process, so "done"
didn't work for me. But I remember building a small boat when I was a kid
and we steamed or "cooked" the boards to make them pliable.
Ok, I give.
Scout


"Nav" wrote in message
...
I don't think so.

Cheers

Scout wrote:

hmmm,
does 'gar' refer to some heat treatment done to help shape the board?
Scout


"Nav" wrote

Why is the garboard strake so called?

Nav couldn't tell a Garboard Stake from a Sheer strake....

CM

"Scout" wrote in message
...
the 'gar' prefix seems important. Looks like the origin is the Dutch word
for "cooked" or "done".
I would think it would be put in place early in the process, so "done"
didn't work for me. But I remember building a small boat when I was a kid
and we steamed or "cooked" the boards to make them pliable.
Ok, I give.
Scout


"Nav" wrote in message
...
I don't think so.

Cheers

Scout wrote:

hmmm,
does 'gar' refer to some heat treatment done to help shape the board?
Scout


"Nav" wrote

Why is the garboard strake so called?

Overproof wrote:

Nav couldn't tell a Garboard Stake from a Sheer strake....


I expected better than this from you. I wonder if it's worth the effort
of getting out the filleting knife again.

Cheers

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Overproof wrote:

Nav couldn't tell a Garboard Stake from a Sheer strake....


I expected better than this from you. I wonder if it's worth the effort of
getting out the filleting knife again.

Why?... did your neighbor's sheep stray into the yard again?

BTW - speaking as a former fisherman who learned from the old timers and
having owned strake built Cape Islanders... have you ever caulked a seam in
your entire life? If you did.. at what gap size do you switch from oakum to
cotton and what is the correct mix ratios for the putty..... matter of fact
what are the ingredients of proper caulking putty???

CM

Overproof wrote:

"Nav" wrote in message
...


Overproof wrote:


Nav couldn't tell a Garboard Stake from a Sheer strake....


I expected better than this from you. I wonder if it's worth the effort of
getting out the filleting knife again.


Why?... did your neighbor's sheep stray into the yard again?

BTW - speaking as a former fisherman who learned from the old timers and
having owned strake built Cape Islanders... have you ever caulked a seam in
your entire life? If you did.. at what gap size do you switch from oakum to
cotton and what is the correct mix ratios for the putty..... matter of fact
what are the ingredients of proper caulking putty???


Sniff. Of course you did.

Cheers

Yes, I'd say the meaning of Gar is central. The question is, what language?

Cheers

Scout wrote:

the 'gar' prefix seems important. Looks like the origin is the Dutch word
for "cooked" or "done".
I would think it would be put in place early in the process, so "done"
didn't work for me. But I remember building a small boat when I was a kid
and we steamed or "cooked" the boards to make them pliable.
Ok, I give.
Scout


"Nav" wrote in message
...

I don't think so.

Cheers

Scout wrote:


hmmm,
does 'gar' refer to some heat treatment done to help shape the board?
Scout


"Nav" wrote


Why is the garboard strake so called?

Scout wrote:
the 'gar' prefix seems important. Looks like the origin is the Dutch word
for "cooked" or "done".
I would think it would be put in place early in the process, so "done"
didn't work for me. But I remember building a small boat when I was a kid
and we steamed or "cooked" the boards to make them pliable.

No no no.... "Gar" is a kind of fish

http://w3.trib.com/~garland/garfish.html

http://www.taxidermy.net/reference/fish/gar/69c.html

The garbord strake is obviously named that because it keeps the fish out!

DSK

DSK wrote:

Scout wrote:

the 'gar' prefix seems important. Looks like the origin is the Dutch
word for "cooked" or "done".
I would think it would be put in place early in the process, so "done"
didn't work for me. But I remember building a small boat when I was a
kid and we steamed or "cooked" the boards to make them pliable.


No no no.... "Gar" is a kind of fish

http://w3.trib.com/~garland/garfish.html

http://www.taxidermy.net/reference/fish/gar/69c.html

The garbord strake is obviously named that because it keeps the fish out!


An idea but I don't think that's likely.

Cheers