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Re: Voyaging the traditional way
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2004 Nov 3, 02:15 +0000
From: Robert Gainer
Date: 2004 Nov 3, 02:15 +0000
Trevor, Peanut butter (smooth not chunky) works for the lead and anhydrous lanolin might work for the gaff jaws. I use it for other things on the boat and its pretty good stuff. All the best, Robert Gainer >From: "Trevor J. Kenchington">Reply-To: Navigation Mailing List >To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM >Subject: Re: Voyaging the traditional way >Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:44:47 +0000 > >Fine old tales aside, does anyone know how to make or where to buy >tallow? It is available as a commercial product but my searching of the >Web has only yielded manufacturer's pages and they only sell in >wholesale quantities. It ought to be possible to make small quantities, >maybe of low quality, at home from beef fat but I am not sure of what >treatment is required. Boiling the beef in water and scooping off >whatever floats to the surface, perhaps? (Tallow is not simply fat, >which will go rancid and stink. It is a chemically-inert product -- a >"steroid", I think. The right application of heat to fat should convert >it into tallow but I don't know what treatment is "right".) > >It would be nice to arm the lead (strictly a "bronze" in my case) with >the real thing but I need it more to lubricate the leather-covered jaws >of my boat's gunter spar so that they slide on the mast with a bit less >noise. > > >Trevor Kenchington > > >-- >Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca >Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 >R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 >Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 > > Science Serving the Fisheries > http://home.istar.ca/~gadus _________________________________________________________________ Check out Election 2004 for up-to-date election news, plus voter tools and more! http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx