Showing posts with label oakum sailing ship sailor ocean voyage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oakum sailing ship sailor ocean voyage. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2009
Detail on the use of oakum, cotton, and sealant from Dan and Adam
This is on the port side of the ship at the waterline with Adam and Dan. They describe in detail how to correctly seal between the ships planking with oakum, cotton, and sealant. This is an old method and was taught to me by Caleb, the ship guru, mate, officer, and bosun.
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