[NatureNS] spar vs. mast?

From: Robert Stevens <rocks@xcountry.tv>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:08:12 -0300
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James,
Try Wikipedia for the terms you need. For example  =
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29>
Not guaranteed to be correct but it's a start.
Bob Stevens

On 2012-09-27, at 2:25 PM, James W. Wolford wrote:

> Dave or Paul or anyone, my trusty dictionary was no help in =
differentiating between a spar and a mast or boom or ?  Can you please =
help?  I am not at all shy about displaying my sheltered life!  Cheers =
from Jim in Wolfville, and have a great Autumn!
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>> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
>> Date: September 27, 2012 8:57:56 AM ADT
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>=20
>> Hi Paul,
>>     Your reference to spars must then be a lost tourist who got on =
the wrong train of thought; an oaken train.
>> =20
>>     Last evening I came across an interesting item about wood in an =
old Smithsonian: Question-- What do you do for termites ? Answer-- Give =
them small wooden sandwiches.
>>     Yt, DW
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Paul MacDonald
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 10:02 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak
>>=20
>> Hi Dave
>> Did someone say oak was used for spars?
>> Never saw that.
>> Have a nice day
>> Paul
>>=20
>> From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:30:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak
>>=20
>> Hi Paul & All,                        Sept 26, 2012
>>     Someone who knows about the days of iron men & wooden ships may =
know better but I think the spars (not masts) were usually made of =
Spruce. Oak was for ribs, brackets & planking but not for =
superstructure.
>>     And on the subject of slow growing trees some good examples can =
be found on the barrens between the Clyburn River in Cape Breton and =
Two-Island Lake. I camped there a few times, in a previous life, and one =
dead hip-high spruce tree about 100 years old and 10 mm diameter would =
boil a pot of water for oxo or tea; almost solid wood.
>>     Getting back to Oak, it may sound counter-intuitive, but wood =
from a rapidly growing Oak (probably all trees) is stronger than wood =
from a slow growing tree. I suspect this is because wood from a tree =
with wider rings is more supple, i.e. can bend without breaking whereas =
wood with mostly thick-walled cells is more brittle.
>> Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Paul MacDonald
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak
>>=20
>> You started a very interesting discussion Heather
>> Nothing anyone said rules out a 400 year old oak. Documented=20
>> trees 300 plus leave quite a bit of variation possible in the
>> dying age. The half life will be much less of course but ones
>> at the end of the scale might easily get over the 400.
>> Oak in the 1800 - 1875 period of wooden ships were sought
>> wherever they could be found. The beautiful fall foliage made it
>> hard for them to hide! And the lads were good at handling big logs.
>> They didn't get spars at the building supply store.
>> They removed most of the large oak at that period especially=20
>> where it was easy to do - PEI for example, no stones, hills not too =
steep=20
>> and lots of horses and a good demand.=20
>> I would be susprised if you could find one there over 200 years old.=20=

>> And to see some of the things I see in the deep woods make me
>> believe there wasn't much of NS left to chance for a big tree. Spruce =
or oak!
>> Have a nice fall
>> Paul
>>=20
>>=20
>> From: Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca>
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:15:41 PM
>> Subject: [NatureNS] old oak
>>=20
>> As we speak, it could be being up rooted. I had not realized how big =
around this tree was before the land was sold or I would have documented =
the size for the Big Tree listing on NatureNS web site. Too late now.. I =
am not going to trespass on to this land.
>> Heather..
>> Heather Drope
>> Nova Scotia Wild Flora Society
>> www.nswildflora.ca
>> 902-440-5032
>>=20
>> We do not see nature with our eyes,
>> but with our understandings and our hearts.
>>  W. Hazlett
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ia.org/wiki/Boom_%28sailing%29</a>&gt;</div><div>Not guaranteed to be =
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Stevens</div><div><br><div><div>On 2012-09-27, at 2:25 PM, James W. =
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differentiating between a spar and a mast or boom or ? &nbsp;Can you =
please help? &nbsp;I am not at all shy about displaying my sheltered =
life! &nbsp;Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, and have a great =
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