{"id":613,"date":"2009-05-26T17:05:21","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T21:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/?p=613"},"modified":"2021-09-19T18:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T22:52:22","slug":"covering-boards-and-decks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bob-easton.com\/blog\/covering-boards-and-decks\/","title":{"rendered":"Covering Boards and Decks"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s looking more and more like a boat.<\/p>\n

\"covering<\/a>The covering boards, or long decks, cover the spaces between the sheer clamps and the long carlins. They are made from book matched resawn cedar slices finished to 3\/16 inch thickness. Their undersides are sealed with a coat of epoxy. They are attached with epoxy and brass escutcheon pins.<\/p>\n

After attaching the covering boards, four knees are added as additional framing for the short decks. They are spruce. Epoxied and screwed to the bulkheads and long carlins.<\/p>\n

\"decks\"<\/a>The upper short decks complete the closing of the watertight compartments. They too are made from book matched resawn cedar slices finished to 3\/16 inch thickness. Their undersides are sealed with epoxy. They are attached with simple household caulk and screws. No epoxy here because they might need to be removed occasionally.<\/p>\n

Being a slow and deliberate builder is paying off. All of the recent work has moved along well with no time spent in the moaning chair<\/a>. Most pleasing was avoiding inadvertent damage to the very thin very pointy ends of the upper deck boards.<\/p>\n

Next come:<\/p>\n