Re: Pro's and Con's of using Luan Wood
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Mark42 all you have recommended here to mutiny77 is a substrate available en mass which is not up to the standards recommended in the marine industry.
Either due to your naive nature or because you read "this is what everybody uses" it is nonetheless no relief of culpability.
It was in my post that the proper ratings were listed but yet you would rather quibble over your feelings.
Whatever. My intentions were and are that mutiny77 receives proper information.
If an inspection of the restoration is required for certification...well, Mark42, your materials list wouldn't cut it.
Enjoy
Seeing as the vast majority of boat projects on this forum do not use marine grade plywood, are you going to point out your opinion on those posts/projects where regular ply or CDX or something else was used ?
The point is, which you seem to totally miss, is that these products are well suited to repairing small craft.
And seeing as none of these craft require certification of any sort, and are probably repaired to be stronger than when new, your point of not meeting certification that is not even required, is totally mute.
And the p/t ply you buy at the lumber yard is better quality ply than was used by Bayliner to build the transom in that 17' boat to begin with. Bayliner is NOT REQUIRED BY ANY INDUSTRY OR OTHER REGULATION to use marine grade plywood anywhere in that 17' boat. So there is no violation of any regulation. That is why Bayliner and so many other boat manufacturers just use standard ply.
Regarding regulations, all that this boat has to meet are the SAFETY requirements as set down by the Federal government and the US Coast Guard, neither of which specify the grade of materials used in construction of the vessels. There hundreds of pages of Maritime regulations that apply to SHIP building, but they do not once mention plywood. And again, this is not a ship, it is a pleasure boat.
Your reference to Industry Standards is interesting because industry standards do not specify marine grade ply for transoms or floors. It would be nice if it did, because there would be a lot fewer rotten transoms and stringers/floors, etc.
If you can supply links
to specific regulations indicating the grade of materials used in small pleasure craft, either Industry or Federal or Coast Guard, please do post them as I want to get the correct information if I am wrong.
I understand your point, but as far as I can determine, you are disagreeing with the facts I posted because his boat won't meet unspecified regulations that do not even apply to his boat. Like saying the pickup truck I am restoring won't meet regulations for tractor trailers. It's rather poinless, isn't it.
Have a nice day, and its good to see you took my advice.