[Rhodes22-list] cockpit filler planks

[John Lock]

At 10:42 AM 8/1/2007 -0400, Arthur H. Czerwonky wrote:
>I made boards also, not yet used, I think 1x12 pine, primed.  I 
>later found a total synthetic material at HD, 1x8 I think, which I 
>am using on my prototype rudder skulling system.  The reason I 
>mention this is that my primed pine still stick together, just a 
>nuisance, and I would recommend the synthetic instead.  The narrower 
>'slats' are more numerous, but possibly more easily stored also - 
>like under the cabin bunk, where my boat has a sliding door.

Have you had any experience with the synthetic material under 
prolonged load?  I have found that it tends to sag under 
weight,  particularly if warm.  I used some on an outdoor plant stand 
and had to get rid of it because the shelves all bowed.

Cheers!

John Lock
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s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
Lake Sinclair, GA
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