Stringers and Ribs: Differences Between Question ?
Bob
Confused over these two terms related (mainly) to sailing ships:
What are "ribs"
What are "stringers"
Differences between?
Much thanks,
Bob rgs...@tiac.net
P.C.
Bob skrev i meddelelsen <9g0jea$k65$1...@news-central.tiac.net>...
This is a rib structure on a keel 90deg.
http://w1.1396.telia.com/~u139600113/:))/rib-structure.jpg
Also this ;
http://w1.1396.telia.com/~u139600113/:))/w-ribs.jpg
but there is a better way to make this structure :
http://w1.1396.telia.com/~u139600113/:))/4-RIBS.JPG
It work like this:
http://w1.1396.telia.com/~u139600113/:))/Honeycomb-ribs.jpg
Stringers make a huge difference in both constructions ,It's like the "H" in an
H iron.
Have a nice day
P.C.
National Whether Service
"Bob" <rgs...@tiac.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Confused over these two terms related (mainly) to sailing ships:
>
> What are "ribs"
>
> What are "stringers"
As I am beginning to understand it, stringers are like the stringers in
frame house building. They would go between and perpendicular to the ribs.
arbarnhart
Here is a simplification (maybe oversimplified, as I have a gift for that):
Both ribs and stringers go from one side to the other, but ribs follow the
contour of the hull while stringers typically cross in a straight line.
If it has any space under it, it's a stringer.
-Andy
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Pat Ford
>"Bob" <rgs...@tiac.net> wrote in message
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Confused over these two terms related (mainly) to sailing ships:
>>
>> What are "ribs"
As Joe Trumbly, the boatbuilding instructor at Bates in Tacoma,
said-frames are on a boat, ribs are on a cow.
Stringer is pretty nonspecific; it may not even be a proper
boatbuilding term. I have a sense that a stringer is a general
longitudinal. But again, I don't think it is a correct term at
all-strictly speaking.
>>
>> What are "stringers"
>
>
Glenn Ashmore
horozontal members that brace ribs or frames and sometimes support the sole.
arbarnhart wrote:
--
Glenn Ashmore
I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there
of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
P.C.
Pat Ford skrev i meddelelsen <3b242881...@news.qwest.net>...
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>>"Bob" <rgs...@tiac.net> wrote in message
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>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Confused over these two terms related (mainly) to sailing ships:
>>>
>>> What are "ribs"
>As Joe Trumbly, the boatbuilding instructor at Bates in Tacoma,
>said-frames are on a boat, ribs are on a cow.
Right , ----- it would be bad the other way around ;)) ---- for the Cow anyway.
>
>Stringer is pretty nonspecific; it may not even be a proper
>boatbuilding term. I have a sense that a stringer is a general
>longitudinal. But again, I don't think it is a correct term at
>all-strictly speaking.
Right again , ------ but there is more to it than that ; stringers add more
strength than you think ,they help form a structure where plank and stringers
are tight together with the rib structure inbetween that is the basic idear of
a wooden hull construction.
To understand the idear ,one must emagine to cut out the stringer and the ribs
under it plus the planking under that . Or whay it make a big difference if you
have two long planks and you then place small wooden pieces between them and
nail and bolt the planks together thru the wooden pieces ( part rib's).
----------- The stringers make you add more strength longitude to a boat hull
,than the strength they carry themself ,as when they are in ,they form a new
structure with the rib's and the outer planks .
Dammed hard to explain , ----- but they also work in an application where you
have very thin frames ( do my best using that word ) , as here the frames will
only act as distance blocks ,as they have no strength by themself ,but as soon a
stringer is placed along all frames and bolted thru frames and planking ,a new
and very strong and flexible structure occour.
This is the best I can do, explaining why stringers are that important ,guess
they often double the strength of a wooden hull or any other hull by just a few
strakes.
Have a nice day.
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>>> What are "stringers"
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arbarnhart
Hmmm...
I was speaking of boards that run side to side as thwarts or seat supports
in a small boat. In some texts, these are referred to as stringers.
In a small boat (which is my context), the only boards running fore and aft
are gunwales and optionally the keel/skeg.
-Andy
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CD
As Joe Trumbly, the boatbuilding instructor at Bates in Tacoma,
said-frames are on a boat, ribs are on a cow.
Pat,
Are you by chance a former Trumbly protege?
Charlie
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Pat Ford
Nope. You?
I did meet him a few times. Neat guy. Lived on Raft Island near
Tacoma. He loved boatbuilding. He had a terrific infectious energy; he
was a great teacher.
He once went to Europe to see all the boatbuilding hotspots. He ran
into a member of the Beken family-the famous uppa uppa British
yachting photographers. The guy introduced himself as Beken of
Cowes-the name of their photography business-Cowes being the English
yachting center-kinda like Newport or Marblehead in the old days here.
Anyway-Joe replied, Glad to meet you, I'm Trumbly of Raft.