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Uncle Braddah
04-05-2007, 06:12 PM
Aloha ...Im new here. I have a 30 foot lapstrake mahoagany sailboat with a teak deck.
It was built in 1972 in Canada. Her name is Olivia.
I bought her for $9000 and have dropped over 40000K in her in the last 4 years. She is my woman. I have learned alot from her. I used to be a motorhead and getting into wood has open up a new world of intrest for me. At first and sometimes still I am a bull in a china shop but have learned to be more delicate. I hope to communicate with you folks in the future. It seems ome folks even post boat related threads. Cool. aloha
Nanoose
04-05-2007, 06:16 PM
Welcome, Uncle. Where abouts do you live? There may be some forumites in your neck of the woods to connect with.
KNOCKABOUT
04-05-2007, 06:26 PM
Welcome
Uncle Braddah
04-05-2007, 07:11 PM
Im on Maui, Maalaea slip #12.
Les Schuldt
04-05-2007, 07:12 PM
Uncle Braddah,

You dumped 400,000k into her in four years???

That's 400 million dollars???!!!

I hope it was Canadian money. :D

-Les
Uncle Braddah
04-05-2007, 07:23 PM
40,000. sorry. < img src="http://www.i145.photobucket.com/albums/r235/onokaya/50823003.jpg" >
Vince Brennan
04-05-2007, 08:17 PM
Very pretty boat!

http://www.i145.photobucket.com/albums/r235/onokaya/50823003.jpg
S.V. Airlie
04-06-2007, 06:59 AM
Welcome Uncle...
What am I saying?:eek: I don't have any uncles.

Well, welcome anyway...
Phillip Allen
04-06-2007, 07:39 AM
Welcome Uncle...(whadoya mean Jamie, I'm all you monkeys' Uncle)
S.V. Airlie
04-06-2007, 07:45 AM
(whadoya mean Jamie, I'm all you monkeys' Uncle)

That's why Phillip, I don't shake the family tree too hard. A five hundred pound gorilla may fall out and land on me.:D:D
Bark
04-06-2007, 08:22 AM
Living in Maui with a wooden sailboat ... sounds pretty good. Welcome.

Ben
J P
04-06-2007, 09:31 AM
Welcome Bra.

Maalaea: fastest wave on the planet.

That break is right near the harbor entrance isn't it?
sawcutmill
04-06-2007, 07:06 PM
welciome Uncle, your boat is NOT lapstrake, but Carvel planking.Stephen
Uncle Braddah
04-07-2007, 06:49 PM
Welcome Bra.

Maalaea: fastest wave on the planet.

That break is right near the harbor entrance isn't it?
Just to the left of the photo off the harbor wall. Frieght Trains they call it. Maalaea is a terrible Harbor. Its has an Ocean facing entrance. The swell comes right in and the surge just destroys boats.
Uncle Braddah
04-07-2007, 06:50 PM
welciome Uncle, your boat is NOT lapstrake, but Carvel planking.Stephen Well Im not arguing with you, but curious how you know this?
Gold Rock
04-07-2007, 09:10 PM
Hey Unc,
You can tell carvel from lapstrake (also called "clinker") by the surface texture. Carvel planking is smooth. The plank edges meet each other at the same level (the level of the frames). Lapstrake planks overlap (get it?) each other like clapboard siding on a house, so you get long ridges (the keel side edge of each plank) running fore and aft. Nuthin' to it.
Garth Jones
04-08-2007, 10:30 AM
Here's a lapstrake boat for comparison, Unc:

http://www.slaughterhousegallery.com/Ness%20Yawl/Images/KS8thumb.jpg

Sadly, it's not in Maui.....

Cheers,
Garth
R.I.Singer30
04-08-2007, 08:58 PM
Eh Braddah,Shaka and Howzit:D
Uncle Braddah
04-09-2007, 04:53 PM
Hey Unc,
You can tell carvel from lapstrake (also called "clinker") by the surface texture. Carvel planking is smooth. The plank edges meet each other at the same level (the level of the frames). Lapstrake planks overlap (get it?) each other like clapboard siding on a house, so you get long ridges (the keel side edge of each plank) running fore and aft. Nuthin' to it.

mahalo