Wooden Ramps at Sea Clubs

http://www.fibreglassgrating.co.uk/homepage.html

I think this is the stuff we have, if it's any help... Or maybe the marina specific stuff they do...

Originally posted by BarnsieB14768 With the issue of longshore drift and coastal errosion of the beach, the concrete option is not possible as the footings would eventually be undermined and removal of the concrete would be prohibitive if required in 15 years time. Rick, probably the best way forward would be to recess the heads of the planks with square plate and bolt through the middle of the plates. This would increase the bearing surface and reduce the slop that a bolt hole may generate. This is how the old ramp was held together years ago and it lasted for a life time but was removed each winter. When the ramp remains in place each winter, there is no easy answer and with teh size of the waterlogged planks, removal each winter would be very difficult as we know. Bye for now Barnsie

John Pollit & Stuart are well on the case with remdial repairs so the ramp can be used; just wondering if there were other clubs with a similar challenge.

Thorpe Bay are just about to put a new ramp in and I'm getting some details from them ...

With the issue of longshore drift and coastal errosion of the beach, the concrete option is not possible as the footings would eventually be undermined and removal of the concrete would be prohibitive if required in 15 years time. Rick, probably the best way forward would be to recess the heads of the planks with square plate and bolt through the middle of the plates. This would increase the bearing surface and reduce the slop that a bolt hole may generate. This is how the old ramp was held together years ago and it lasted for a life time but was removed each winter.

When the ramp remains in place each winter, there is no easy answer and with teh size of the waterlogged planks, removal each winter would be very difficult as we know.

Bye for now

Barnsie

Our concrete slipways at Rutland are rarely slippy (apart from the steep sides!!). Could you not just make concrete ramps? More expensive to begin with but little maintance (I think, i have never seen them doing anything to them) in the long run.. I think ours are quite old now aswell and they are still in pretty good condition

Edited by Mark Jardine

I guess that some kind of reinforced concrete might be the most technically suitable solution, but this might involve the use of heavy machinery and expensive engineering skills. Something than involves railway sleepers etc. is more manageable and offers a low-tech solution with relatively simple maintenance issues

Nigel