[NatureNS] spar vs. mast?

Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:44:08 -0300
From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Jim,
   spar is a general term that includes masts, booms, spinnaker poles; i.e., any stick-like items you find on a sailboat or sailing ship.....
   Dusan Soudek


---- "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 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!
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > 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
> >
> > Hi Paul,
> >     Your reference to spars must then be a lost tourist who got on  
> > the wrong train of thought; an oaken train.
> >
> >     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
> >
> > Hi Dave
> > Did someone say oak was used for spars?
> > Never saw that.
> > Have a nice day
> > Paul
> >
> > From: David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com>
> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 9:30:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] old oak
> >
> > 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
> >
> > You started a very interesting discussion Heather
> > Nothing anyone said rules out a 400 year old oak. Documented
> > 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
> > where it was easy to do - PEI for example, no stones, hills not too  
> > steep
> > and lots of horses and a good demand.
> > I would be susprised if you could find one there over 200 years old.
> > 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
> >
> >
> > From: Heather Drope <heather.drope@ns.sympatico.ca>
> > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:15:41 PM
> > Subject: [NatureNS] old oak
> >
> > 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
> >
> > We do not see nature with our eyes,
> > but with our understandings and our hearts.
> >  W. Hazlett
> >
> >
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