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Tempering Expectations - How much water is too much?
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<blockquote data-quote="CedarRiverScooter" data-source="post: 480002" data-attributes="member: 15465"><p>Goin' down memory lane here . . .</p><p></p><p>My brother had the last boat built by this <a href="http://www.rockislandpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Kahlke-Boatworks.pdf" target="_blank">steamboat yard</a>. </p><p></p><p>40 foot wood houseboat, 40,000 lbs of oak. Sorry, can't find a picture.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, it had 2 inch thick planks for the hull. It had to be soaked in spring for 2 days, hanging on the lift, before it would float. </p><p></p><p>The joints between planks were stuffed with tarred rope called oakum. </p><p></p><p>He had to crawl into the bilge & chisle oakum into the leaks before any outing.</p><p></p><p>His bilge pump had a 2 inch hose.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, the boat's stringers got so soft it was not salvagable, at about 40 years old.Note that steamboats were only expected to last 5 years, they didn't even bother to paint the hull.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CedarRiverScooter, post: 480002, member: 15465"] Goin' down memory lane here . . . My brother had the last boat built by this [url=http://www.rockislandpreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Kahlke-Boatworks.pdf]steamboat yard[/url]. 40 foot wood houseboat, 40,000 lbs of oak. Sorry, can't find a picture. Anyway, it had 2 inch thick planks for the hull. It had to be soaked in spring for 2 days, hanging on the lift, before it would float. The joints between planks were stuffed with tarred rope called oakum. He had to crawl into the bilge & chisle oakum into the leaks before any outing. His bilge pump had a 2 inch hose. Sadly, the boat's stringers got so soft it was not salvagable, at about 40 years old.Note that steamboats were only expected to last 5 years, they didn't even bother to paint the hull. [/QUOTE]
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