What's that thingy?

Discussion in 'Boat Design' started by Justaguy, Dec 29, 2015.

  1. Justaguy
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    Justaguy Junior Member

    Well, you gotta admit it is named "tite"bond, right? ;-)

    I'll swap stories. Just because my experimental nature got the best of me the other day, I used ordinary silicone caulk -- bead along each side -- to attach a prone HDPE coffee container to my HDPE kitchen cutting board (yeah, that made everyone happy!).

    Results: I expected it to fail completely. I was wrong. The adhesion was much better than I imagined. It was quite strong (relatively) in sheer strength, and not bad in __?__ strength (pulling / peeling them apart). Of course, with some effort but no tools, I separated the two. And as for the cutting board, no damage in the long run, just out of commission for the "testing period".


    I believed you all along about the bilge keel ... just passing along the only reference I could find. I know things can be a bit different on your side of the pond, with the boots and the bonnets and don't get me started on the biscuits! ;-) Thanks for the added info.


    Great advice, thanks.


    Very interesting story that makes the terminology more sensible to me. Regarding pulling your legs, I'll take that as a compliment. In fact, I am a beginner and knowing those few things is just indicative of all the reading I've been doing lately. Glad to know I learned something.

    And, thanks for the welcome (to one of the most refreshingly civilized forums I've seen).
     
  2. upchurchmr
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    upchurchmr Senior Member

    Generally a civilized question or statement gets a reasonable response.
    But it is nice that we typically get less verbal combat than some other forums.

    We all have an off day, occasionally. :)
     
  3. Squidly-Diddly
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    Squidly-Diddly Senior Member

    Those strips can be multi-function.

    Not just protection when beaching but:

    Directional stability

    Anti-roll

    Anti-spray

    and structural.

    Those might all have different names.
     

  4. Robjl
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    Robjl Senior Member

    Steering board on the starboard side?

    To add to what messabout said:

    "Just for fun, I'll describe the claimed origin of the terms Port and Starboard. As far back as the Hanseatic league, boats typically had the rudder mounted to the side of the boat not at the back of the boat. It was customary to mount the rudder on the right side of the boat near the stern (back end). No one knows why the right side was customary, maybe because Poseidon wished it so."

    I too have heard of the origins of port and starboard but I thought that logically the steer-board was at the helmsmans right hand.... so on that side. Most people are right handed.

    Also with the the port side of the vessel against the wharf the steerboard would be an effective stern thruster to get the stern onto the wharf and then off when departing.
    Seems logical to me.

    If you want to see the current use of a sweep oar, still in the right hand just google
    <surf+life+saving+boat+sweep+oar images>
     
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