Nice teak dingy on Ebay -

[Stargazer14]

Makes me wanna build my own...

http://www.dplus.net/stargazer/dingy.jpg

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3629787869&category=36123

[Figment]

wow. With all that fussy varnish work, he oughta skip ebay and post an ad on "Masochists-R-Us"

[martin schulz]

again - what is the reason for varnishing self-oiling teak :confused:

[Steve Paskey]

A bundle of curiousities. A 9-foot dinghy that weighs 300 POUNDS??? Was it a good idea to epoxy the teak planks to each other? And you'll note that it arrived directly from the bloody shores of Burma -- or is it Myanmar?

[Alan D. Hyde]

To make it look like this, Martin:

http://i3.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/b5/e8/47_1_s.JPG

http://i15.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/b5/db/dd_1_s.JPG

http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/b5/fa/18_1_s.JPG

That, and a labor-intensive way to seal it: no other reason I can think of...

Alan

[ 10-07-2003, 03:00 PM: Message edited by: Alan D. Hyde ]

[Stargazer14]

yeah, well, whatever - it would still look nice sitting on that cradle in yer living room this winter... :rolleyes:

[martin schulz]

Originally posted by Alan D. Hyde:
To make it look like this, Martin
AlanI don't know Alan.
Out there are thousands of products for oiling teak, or against the teak-gray.

But I believe:
1.there is no reason to oil teak, since it is self-oiling
2. especially on teak deck, oiling or varnishing seems like total stupidity to me because the one advantage of teak as being non-slippery gets lost in the "beautifying" process.
2. I don't think it looks good - lets face it a boat is a boat and not some piece of furniture. And the I honestly also think that the combination of varnished and shiny mahogony with "unvarnished-beamless" grey teak looks even better because of the contrast.

By the way Alan. I spent my senior year in Garrett, Indiana. How is it going over there?

[ 10-08-2003, 03:17 AM: Message edited by: martin schulz ]

[Alan D. Hyde]

Martin, that's a pretty part of the State, just North of Fort Wayne, where my paternal grandmother's people lived.

I spent time as a boy at the family cottage on Lake James, and later at another family cottage on Sylvan Lake. There is family still in the Kendallville area. And Pokegon State Park remains attractive and popular.

The State continues to do well because of its diversified economy and relatively low taxes, and has lower unemployment than most other states, although the transition from a manufacturing-based economy has been hard on towns like Kendallville.

Alan

[JimConlin]

As pretty as it is, at 300 lbs, it's a nearly useless boat. Perhaps a salad bar?

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

This is a freak.

Teak is a most unsuitable timber for planking a dinghy, as we all know - it is heavy, it is prone to splitting (eg along the lands) and it is by no means a very strong timber.

The hull form looks like the idea of someone copying a drawing or a photo, rather than a hull form developed in the light of experience. The floors are not nearly flat enough - this is one very tippy little boat!

Note no knees on the thwart....

[ 10-09-2003, 01:35 PM: Message edited by: Andrew Craig-Bennett ]

[Figment]

I was bored last night and I looked at the auction listing. The story is that he's a collector of classic cars, and he needs garage space to expand the collection.

So there it is. This thing is a museum piece, a sculpture. The listing claims "bronze rivets and roves, brass screws and oarlocks", and that this was one of a 3-boat purchase made while traveling in Burma. Perhaps teak was the wood of choice simply because of local availability. Still, I always get a kick out of ebay sellors who obviously don't know what they're selling. A few weeks ago someone listed a wilcox-crittenden intake screen as a "deck drain".

I'm guessing that the sellor is one of those people that buys beautiful cars/boats, but then doesn't use them because they're too beautiful. I don't get it, but to each their own.

[ 10-09-2003, 09:30 AM: Message edited by: Figment ]