Beam- take 2

Alan: Well, I guess I answered my own question - I did a little more searching, and printed all the photos you posted on replacing the beam - thanks! By the way, I have four daughters, and they voted for a name change - from "Windie Elsie" to either Moonglow or Moonshadow - I told them that if they behaved, they could pick the name Again, thanks Jeff Owen 1972 Cal 33 From: Alan Storey <fo… [at] shaw.ca> To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 3:42:14 AM Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Steel or Aluminum Dreaded Beam Decision Hi James, I have made quite a few of these beams out of 316L (not just stainless, but the right kind of stainless), and I happen to have one right now, sitting in my studio in Vancouver getting dusty.... the last time I made a bunch, I made a spare, knowing that someone would need one again sooner or later. It is pickled and passivated and the only thing that needs doing is tigging on the middle tab, as I found that its position varied significantly from boat to boat. The design of it is from good old Rog, with a modified flat spot on the curve of the bottom flange, to allow water to flow under it and into the bilge rather than be trapped. The price is 650.00 plus shipping of about 35. Fedex ground down there to Seattle I think. Or if you can wait a week, I might be coming down next week to Bellevue.... There are a couple of pictures of a 29 beam I made in the last few pics of this album..... sorry, I don't seem to be able to download a single pic..... http://picasaweb. google.com /fortyfunctions/ ChimeraAModifie dCal330 Alan Storey Cal 3-30X 'Chimera' Vancouver BC fortyfunctions @ gmail.com (remove the spaces) PS.... I also have a spare 3-30 beam if anyone needs one? --- In Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com, "James Bibb" <jamesbibb84@ ...> wrote: > > OK, I'm too close to the decision to know if I'm wrong. Just delivered my Steel beam from my > 2-29 to the welder....he' s done a a fair bit of marine welding and could have it back to me > my the end of the week. > > As from earlier conversations, I have been leaning towards replacing the steel with aluminum > after the decision to use SS like everybody else fell too far out of practical means from locally, > it would a two to three week turn around shipping out of town to Seattle...nobody local works > with Stainless at that level. > > I was leaning Aluminum, not wanting to place steel back into the bilge area...however the > welder's advice was not to reinvent the design and stick with steel with a galvanized > finished...mentione d that it would last longer than the aluminum over time. it's worked for > 35 years..... > > I have a day or so to second guess this decision.... anybody want to chime in? > > Bulkheads are out....mast is being re-wired.... standing rigging is in Port Townsend being re- > done. I'm roundin' the corner boys! >

Jeff, I don't know the configuration of the beam in the Cal33... is it connected to a bulkhead or is it connected on the ends to a stainless yoke embedded in the hull that becomes the chain plates, like the 3-30? I have many many more detail pictures of the whole beam refit... and everything else for that matter, if they are helpful. I also have a spare 3-30 beam if it happens to be the same configuration. Alan Cal 3-30 'Chimera' Vancouver BC From: Jeffrey owen <je… [at] yahoo.com> Date: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:49 am Subject: [Cal_Boats] Beam- take 2 To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Alan: > Well, I guess I answered my own question - I did a little more > searching, and printed all the photos you posted on replacing > the beam - thanks! > By the way, I have four daughters, and they voted for a name > change - from "Windie Elsie" to either Moonglow or Moonshadow - > I told them that if they behaved, they could pick the name > Again, thanks > Jeff Owen 1972 Cal 33 > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Alan Storey <fo… [at] shaw.ca> > To: Ca… [at] yahoogroups.com > Sent: Wednesday, July 9, 2008 3:42:14 AM > Subject: [Cal_Boats] Re: Steel or Aluminum Dreaded Beam Decision > > > Hi James, > I have made quite a few of these beams out of 316L (not just > stainless, but the right kind of stainless), and I happen to > have one right now, sitting in my studio in Vancouver getting > dusty.... the last time I made a bunch, I made a spare, knowing > that someone would need one again sooner or later. It is pickled > and passivated and the only thing that needs doing is tigging on > the middle tab, as I found that its position varied > significantly from boat to boat. The design of it is from good > old Rog, with a modified flat spot on the curve of the bottom > flange, to allow water to flow under it and into the bilge > rather than be trapped. The price is 650.00 plus shipping of > about 35. Fedex ground down there to Seattle I think. Or if you > can wait a week, I might be coming down next week to Bellevue.... > There are a couple of pictures of a 29 beam I made in the last > few pics of this album..... sorry, I don't seem to be able to > download a single pic..... > http://picasaweb. google.com /fortyfunctions/ ChimeraAModifie dCal330 > Alan Storey > Cal 3-30X 'Chimera' > Vancouver BC > fortyfunctions @ gmail.com (remove the spaces) > PS.... I also have a spare 3-30 beam if anyone needs one? > > > --- In Cal_Boats@yahoogrou ps.com, "James Bibb" <jamesbibb84@ > ...> wrote: > > > > OK, I'm too close to the decision to know if I'm wrong. Just > delivered my Steel beam from my > > 2-29 to the welder....he' s done a a fair bit of marine > welding and could have it back to me > > my the end of the week. > > > > As from earlier conversations, I have been leaning towards > replacing the steel with aluminum > > after the decision to use SS like everybody else fell too far > out of practical means from locally, > > it would a two to three week turn around shipping out of town > to Seattle...nobody local works > > with Stainless at that level. > > > > I was leaning Aluminum, not wanting to place steel back into > the bilge area...however the > > welder's advice was not to reinvent the design and stick with > steel with a galvanized > > finished...mentione d that it would last longer than the > aluminum over time. it's worked for > > 35 years..... > > > > I have a day or so to second guess this decision.... anybody > want to chime in? > > > > Bulkheads are out....mast is being re-wired.... standing > rigging is in Port Townsend being re- > > done. I'm roundin' the corner boys! > > > > > >