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Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 23-08-2012, 14:09
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

Isn t it a small world out there.
Cannot believe you reading this post.
Good to hear from you Chris and anchors away.
I think I will be back beginning oct. My only real fear is the cold winter in...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-08-2012, 23:38
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

thanks jaycall

I am in hamstead. Have another project there and will buy a car for some time. To get things transported will be no problem.
the other project is a ferrocement boat.
Flickr:...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 21-08-2012, 12:51
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello
awab s hull is not teak but honduras mahogany on white oak frame. Teak decks.
I had a mast break some years ago in panama and the mayor problem was not to build the mast is was to get the...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-08-2012, 23:33
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

Hello,
thanks for all the effort.
I will see after routing some 1/2 inch grooves how bad it is. If it looks bad I still can pull the plank.

Minaret you have a point I was not thinking about....
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-08-2012, 13:52
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello
why you guys always think money and skill or insurance is the problem.
Like the one guy says, one of the reasons is to find the right lumber.
He got part of the story right.
Awab is nearly...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 20-08-2012, 00:03
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello
perhaps it is the language and I don t make myself clear.

Imagine the plank. Inside the plank are the round long carvings from the toredo.
It would be not possible to only fill the hole...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-08-2012, 16:12
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

I am fine with the the statement that epoxy is brittle in relation to wood.
What else could be the replacement. Lets say I take a router 1 inch bit. Cut a canal as long I see the problem. Now I clue...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-08-2012, 15:12
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

thanks for all the advise
peter
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-08-2012, 09:59
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello

If I would make cuts into the plank with a circular saw half the depth of the plank I would cut through the holes made by the toredo. Now it would be easy to fill everything with a creamy...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 19-08-2012, 00:53
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello,

after being out of the water the critter are dead after a certain time.
On of the hints that there are dead is seeing flies going into the hole. They laying there eggs into the dead...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 18-08-2012, 14:19
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello to minaret

no, I dont have insurance and I am not willing to sink my boat. I like awab and it is a great boat to me.
I know that replacing a blank is a possible way to repair.
I am only...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 17-08-2012, 13:42
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello

Here is some serious info about the ships worm

https://wreckprotect.eu/fileadmin/site_upload/wreck_protect/pdf/shipwormspdfnew.pdf
and...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 16-08-2012, 15:51
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Re: Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

hello friends
I had this experience not the first time.
Somebody ask a question and behind is a real problem and the with more and more answers the theme get out of control.
I understand that it...
Forum: Construction, Maintenance & Refit 14-08-2012, 03:15
Replies: 117
Views: 19,643
Posted By awab
Wood Hull Repair Toredo Worm

dear readers
I have since 12 years AWAB a 1958 s&s motorsailor.

Awab is build traditional honduras mahogani planking over white oak and teak decks.
I been lucky to have no major problem with the...
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