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Tug

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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #50 on: April 06, 2007, 09:44:24 pm »

"I think I'm missing something here. How did you know John had a boat 1/1 when he posted after you Danny ?? "

              :)     you go back and modify your previous post,  ?cheating?

there could be a picture coming here if I find it?  [modified]...again   What tug is it? 'Cervia'

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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #51 on: April 06, 2007, 09:52:54 pm »

what tug is it tug ???
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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #52 on: April 06, 2007, 09:54:38 pm »

no, he did not modify HIS post
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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #53 on: April 06, 2007, 09:54:48 pm »

One carefull owner, low mileage, full service history!! :)
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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #54 on: April 06, 2007, 11:39:31 pm »

Back to the subject of butt shifts, and to try and answer Bryan's question - if you have 20 foot planks, laid to a four butt shift pattern, surely the distance between the butts is five foot?

Maybe I have been getting it wrong, but the way I would work it out, a two foot distance would give 10 butt shifts per 20 foot plank.

Rick
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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #55 on: April 07, 2007, 12:08:27 am »

Carrying the butt lines theme a little further, where I have been unable to get genuine evidence from the prototype, I have used the following rough and ready system:

Commercial and/or smaller craft - three butt repeat at six foot spacing (18 foot planks)

Warships - four butt repeat at five foot spacing (20 foot planks)

Perhaps the forum's experts would like to comment?

Rick



Normally on warships it was a 5 plank patern.
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Re: deck fastenings
« Reply #56 on: April 07, 2007, 06:35:42 pm »

Back to the subject of butt shifts, and to try and answer Bryan's question - if you have 20 foot planks, laid to a four butt shift pattern, surely the distance between the butts is five foot?

Maybe I have been getting it wrong, but the way I would work it out, a two foot distance would give 10 butt shifts per 20 foot plank.

Rick
If you work in inches and start with a (say) 4" plank then make the one next to it 1" and the next 3" followed by a 2" length (all followed by 4" planks) this will give a satisfactory result.  i.e. 4-1-3-2....but 4-2-1-3 looks OK as well. Not knocking you at all, but we seem to be approaching the same problem from different directions!
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