Repair and Maintenance of a Drascombe Lugger


Making Wooden Floor Boards for the Lazarette (2)

This page describes the project in outline, the materials required and gives the construction drawings both for planked and plywood floorboards.

The project in summary

Estimating the amount of timber required

It was decided that the longitudinal boards would be 162 mm wide and 15 mm thick. The bearing boards were constructed from planks 90 mm wide and 20 mm thick. The quantities of Western Red Cedar required for Sospiri's boards were as follow. (Note that the measurements are rounded up slightly to allow for error).

If you are purchasing the wood from your local timber merchant then it is important to specify that the above measurements represent the finished sizes, otherwise the timber will end up, after machining, at a smaller size than specified.

Other materials required for coating and fastening the bearing boards in position were:

The MASTER PLAN of Sospiri's boards showing the exact measurements.

The sketch plans below show the detailed measurements for the boards. Note that measurements are given for planks and then (following), plywood boards. The bearer measurements are the same for planked or plywood boards.

Detailed sketch plans of the Lugger lazarette starboard floorboards (planked version) Lugger Lazarette, Starboard Floor Board Sketch Plans (Planked Version)

This sketch shows the detailed measurements for the planked version of the Starboard boards.

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Detailed sketch plans of the Lugger lazarette port floorboards (planked version) Lugger Lazarette, Port Floor Board Sketch Plans (Planked Version)

This sketch shows the detailed measurements for the planked version of the Port boards.

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Detailed sketch plans of the Lugger lazarette starboard floorboards (ply version) Lugger Lazarette, Starboard Floor Board Sketch Plans (Plywood Version)

This sketch shows the detailed measurements for the plywood version of the Starboard boards.

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Detailed sketch plans of the Lugger lazarette port floorboards (ply version) Lugger Lazarette, Port Floor Board Sketch Plans (Plywood Version)

This sketch shows the detailed measurements for the plywood version of the Port boards.

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Following the project summary and production of the detailed construction plans, the next page describes the construction. NOTE the construction guide is for the planked version but should also provide enough information to enable construction of the (simpler) plywood boards.

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