Andrew Cassingham's Page

"Hello Andrew I put the jacks under the beams near the hulls four of them. I have heard of using large overinflated fenders to roll cats up to the hard. I would like to hear how it goes for you."

"I was going to wait till she was beached at the top of the tide on a falling tidal range so she would be there for 2 weeks. Settle the boat on 3 6m scaffold planks under the hulls where the beams join. Then jack it up from there. The sacrificial…"

"Hello Andrew I have jacked my tiki 30 off the blocks in the yard easily using reshore jacks. They are big screw jacks used in concrete form work construction. As long as the bottom is hard enough to bear the weight it could work. Have considered…"

"ps not selling any of my precious elm!"

"Being in the UK I cannot give any opinion on blue gum, dunno what it is! Must look it up. I am a timber/woodwork person but for in- service stuff you need the experienced sailors on here to tell you what they think, I am just a one-off silly person…"

"Ive got some planks of blue gum hardwood that i was cut some strips out of to laminate up for the arms. Titebond do a waterproof glue or maybe epoxy? and then I was going to cover the lot in epoxy resin. Then to mix it up a bit more use a length of…"

"Yes, that's why I told this story. Anything I say is not prescriptive, just my own experience. I am not a professional boatbuilder, but I am a professional woodworker (retd, c 40 yrs experience). Aside from that, I only use FLAG now, and would…"

"FYI- gluing white oak with Any brand of epoxy is problematic. "

"Very nice, the round section in the spacer at the end of the tiller works very well into the rudder cut-out in practice. That's a Wharram design winner!"

"glued and screew, 2,5x13x190cm timber (x2) with inserts of 3x13x20cm,  the last insert have a round finish to fitting in rudder"

"Hello- my tillers are similar to these (Tiki 31). I made the first ones from American white oak, as I happened to have some offcuts around. Even though I degreased the timber, the glue joints failed when I tested them quite violently after the WEST…"

"they look like what I need to make, what wood did you use and how did you get the curve in there, screwed some guide blocks to the ply base? and then clamped the arms to them  "