Issue 10 of Westlawn's Free Quarterly Newsletter Posted

Issue 10 of Westlawn’s free quarterly newsletter, The Masthead, has just been released.

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Highlights in this edition:

• Westlawn Interior Design Book Offered to the Marine Industry
• Mystic Meet 2009
• Yacht Racing
• Reducing Educational Costs
• Life on the Ocean Wave - Part 2
• We Get Mail
• Fin Keel Bending Moment - Learn the Know It All Solution
• Westlawn/Profiles
• News & Views
• Technical Article: Marine Metals - Part 2
• June Know It All Contest
• Continuing Education for Designers, Boat Builders, & Techs
• Training Links & Events
• New Biography: Tracks On The Water, by Robert Harris
• Back Issues of The Masthead

An Excerpt from the Tech. Article - Copper & Nickel Alloys:
"Keel bolts, for lead keels on fiberglass or wooden hulls, shouldn't be of stainless. Such bolts are (as we saw last issue) in exactly the worst environment for stainless underwater-in stagnant water (when any water gets in and it will). I once had a young engineer at a major keel manufacturer solemnly explain that bronze wasn't strong enough for keel bolts?! I managed not to laugh. Not only does bronze have nearly the same tensile strength as stainless, but bronze's corrosion resistance is infinitely superior in this application. Bronze keel bolts are the standard and have been for over 150 years.

The best known silicon bronze is probably Everdur, a trademark bronze generally of 95% or higher copper, with about 3% silicon, and 1% manganese. Silicon bronze (Everdur) is about my all-around favorite marine metal. The top pick for most marine screws and bolts, it has a tensile strength of 90,000 psi in hard temper, and 55,000 psi in soft temper. It'll never corrode (unless you're foolish enough to fasten it directly to steel or aluminum, where it will cause corrosion in the aluminum or steel). It can be cast, welded, rolled, bent and otherwise formed without harm."

Read the entire tech. article in this issue of The Masthead.

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Dave Gerr
Director, Westlawn Institute
www.westlawn.edu

 

A lot of good reading as usual..
Just one question about ABYC bookstore (that's where the Westlawn books are).. it doesn't qualify foreign adresses! Any advice?

 

ABYC definitely ships internationally. When using the ABYC Ships Store, select the item or items you want to purchase. Then, go to Checkout (click the "Checkout" link on upper right corner of the blue menu bar). Fill in your address/shipping information. Where it says State/Province, select "Outside US." Where it says Country, select your country. Do the same under the billing information. You'll be all set.

Dave Gerr
Director
Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology
www.westlawn.edu

 

Thanks Dave, but that's what I did and the "Outside US" part went red to state it's "not filled out correctly".

 

Now found out how to act... In case "Outside US" it needs to fill something (anything) to the next row as "another state or territory"

 

Great. Glad you were able to get it sorted out.

Dave Gerr
Director
Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology
www.westlawn.edu

 

Great issue Dave. Becasue of the subject, metal, I posted a link on the Metalboatbuilding.org and on MetalBoatSociety.org forums

 

Thanks Peter. www.metalboatbuilding.org is a very useful form.

Dave Gerr
Director
Westlawn Institute of Marine Technology
www.westlawn.edu