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ready to put some boat on my boat
On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:43:30 -0700, Bill
wrote stuff and I replied: Political announcement: Top post AND I will remove the last 3 weeks' postings as well: Bill: You are "asking for advice" on a public forum. Not everybody who questions your actions has to have tried it before. Much of the progress of any engineering process relies on the expoerience of many other people, who have tried stuff and documented their failures along with their successes. In turn many others have read of the repeated experience of other people (that's science and its spread) and will pass it on to any person who tried to repeat past failures. Bruce has apparently had direct experience with bamboo. He has also seen bamboo fail when others tried it. Stop clinging to your ideas....no...fine cling as you wish...but do NOT belittle those who have either experenced failure or WITNESSED failure, who are willing to pass that experience on. Bruce, I didn't know you had done it but I got the impression that you were another usenet idiot that likes to tell people what to do without having ever tried it since you didn't state that you have done this before. I didn't mean to offend you but posting to newsgroups in the past has occasionally brought these people to me and it really bothers me.I apologize if that is not you or your intention. As for the thought of a foam cored fiberglass mast, yes I have thought of it along with aluminum but ultimately I want the boat to be all wood and rope appearance, as much as possible. I know treating the bamboo is more work but I am doing a lot of things that are more work just to get the boat I really want. I am planning on making my own rope stropped blocks as well. They will be bigger and take a lot more time but I think it will give a better appearance. The sheaves will be bronze but little else will be made of anything other than wood, rope or clear fiberglass. Maybe this will clear things up and bring the peace back to RBB. Bill Human bevaviour: Bestiality with a brain |
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