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    Marine fastenings

    Hello everyone, As many of you know, I'm building the 48-foot sailing wherry Lady Garnet. I'm getting very close to laying the keel, and I urgently need to decide what I'm going to do for fastenings. There seem to be quite a few options, and I hear various pros and cons, so if anyone could...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    I may be able to move it to a better location at some point, but right now I am very limited for space. The yard has already been very kind with how much space they've allowed me to use for timber storage, and I think on top of the containers was really the only option. It is covered on top and...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    @HOJ I've heard good things about the Blackwater, but never sailed there myself. Have you sailed on the Thames Barges? They seem to be around there quite a bit. Oulton to Burgh St Peter and back sounds like a day well spent - mind you, any day spent on the Broads is a day well spent, in my...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thank you, I must admit that I was surprised at how much time and effort was needed just to sort the oak for the build... and all that oak will only take me to roughly halfway through the planking! I take Sunday as my day of rest, but otherwise, I try to keep at it as much as possible. I work...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thank you! That is very encouraging to hear.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thank you @Mike G. I think you are quite right, once the backbone starts going up and a vague shape of a boat appears, it will generate more interest.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    So at long last, I've sorted through all the oak and got it nicely stacked. Now that the tent is (mostly) clear, I can start laying the lofting floor again! I've also made more progress on the tender for the wherry, the 9-foot dinghy.
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    Mike's ext'n & renovation (solar panels)

    I agree, a boat should surely be the next project! Tell your wife that your Woodhaven forum friends insisted, and she will surely understand. (Disclaimer: I've been single my entire life)
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    I don't have one myself, but my mate Ollie has a mobile sawmill which has been very handy!
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thanks Robert! That's a very good question, it's been a bit hit and miss at times. Maybe 17 hours a week at best? I haven't really kept track!
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    Chainsaw milling angle of attack ?

    This is a very good question, not something I'd given much thought to. Obviously I know that the grain direction of the wood impacts how easy it is to cut, but whether it makes enough difference to warrant changing the angle every few cuts, I don't know. When I had that log milled in Norfolk, I...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    It wastes a bit more than a bandsaw blade, but somehow I haven't met anyone with a mobile bandsaw mill, only chainsaw mills. The one in Norfolk left a rather rough finish, but Ollie's set-up was very smooth, so there wasn't too much wasted, which was nice.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    In the latest episode of Building Lady Garnet, we're milling oak planks for my 48-foot trading wherry, and steaming timbers into the 9-foot dinghy.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Another episode, this time with a new bit of kit... for which I've had to acquire the new skill of chainsawing! I also visited the amazing Sutton Hoo project - an Anglo-Saxon replica clinker ship built with Anglo-Saxon techniques.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Mike, I love Thames Barges. I seriously considered building one of them before I decided on a Norfolk Wherry instead. It seems to be a controversial method for some, as it's not the traditional steam box, but I find that it works brilliantly, particularly because of the plank already being in...
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Forgot to post the latest episode, although this one is more about finishing the planking on the 9-foot dinghy that will be Lady Garnet's tender.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thanks. I've borrowed an engine hoist, which has proved very useful so far!
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    Again, I would guess it's the staining, oak is particularly bad for staining, even using spacer sticks for drying that are not oak can apparently cause staining. Again, for me, it doesn't matter, since all the planks are getting painted black anyway.
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    Thanks Andy. It is certainly a struggle, dealing with those pieces! Fortunately I now have a chainsaw but even so... well, it's been an interesting week, that's for sure!
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    Raw vs boiled linseed oil

    Surely it will slow the drying process though, which often reduces checking? Obviously it isn't going to eliminate checking/twisting completely but I figured it would help. I have certainly heard people claim that it works. Leo (from Tally Ho) used raw linseed oil on the purpleheart keel, and...
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