Buck Woodcraft
120 49th Street, Marathon, Fl. 33050
Phone: 305-743-4090
Fax: 305-743-2951
Business Hours:
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. EST. Monday thru Friday
E-Mail: john@buckwoodcraft.com
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Boat Name Boards, Custom Switch Panels & Plenty More
Nautilus/King Starboard Rail Chocks
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King Starboard is a marine-grade polymer, which means it's a high-tech plastic that will stand up to salt water and sun a lot better than most types of wood--without a lick of maintenance, and often at lower cost. This tough marine polymer won't rot or absorb water, so it's a great solution for swim platforms, hand rails, steps, dinghy chocks, fish-cleaning tables and other applications.
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"My milled starboard arrived in the mail
yesterday.
It was just as the doctor ordered! Thanks for the quality work and
prompt service."
Dave Lockard Douglas, Alaska |
What it can do. You can work King Starboard with standard woodworking tools and assemble components with standard screws and fasteners. The stuff can be notched and bent around curves, and joints can be joined with specialized plastic welding equipment (yep, I've got it) for superior strength. I've used King Starboard to make instrument enclosures, shelves, cabinets and the like for customers who needed them to fit in weird places full of odd angles and curves--and I'm sold on this material as a faster, longer lasting, economical alternative to marine wood products in many situations. King Starboard AS (Anti-Skid). In addition to all the qualities I've listed above, King Starboard AS (Anti-Skid) offers an excellent skid-resistant solution for ladder treads, bilge floor grates, swim platforms and any deck location where non-skid footing is a critical concern. Starboard AS has a grippy dot pattern on one side that's molded--not laminated--right into the polymer sheet, and will last the lifetime of your boat.
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"Thanks for getting the starboard to me so quick, as well
as being so helpful over the phone. Your customer service is great. "
John Hart -- North Bay Village, Florida |
What it can't do. You won't be using King
Starboard to build boat hulls, because it's not a
structural material. That means it needs to be supported by a
load-bearing frame or
substrate. You also won't be using King Starboard where temperatures are likely to
exceed--or even get close to--180 degrees Fahrenheit, because it'll start to melt and
you'll have all sorts of problems. And King Starboard expands and contracts with normal
temperature variations, so you'll need to allow for that when you assemble various
components. For more detailed information about the uses and limitations of this product,
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By The Square Foot ◊ By The Half Sheet ◊ By The Full Sheet
Colors: We stock standard King Starboard in five colors--White/White, Black, Sanshade, Dolphin Gray and Seafoam. If I don't have the color you need, I can most likely get it (in full-sheet quantities only). I also have 1/2" and 3/4" White/White King Starboard AS (Anti-Skid) by the sheet, half-sheet and square foot, and can get this excellent non-skid solution in Sanshade and Light Gray as well (also in full-sheet quantities only).
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| Panel Thickness: | King Starboard comes in 5 standard thicknesses as listed below, and we carry them all. We've found Starboard's panel thickness to be very uniform, and consistent from color-to-color and batch-to-batch. That said, we have a good selection of: |
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A good choice for replacing boat dashboard instrument panels. Fairly flexible, so best used in relatively small sizes if unsupported. |
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A bit stiffer than 1/4", so can be used in somewhat larger panel sizes. This thickness is good for vertical drawer sides and dividers, etc., and we use it for the backsplashes on our fish-cleaning tables. |
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Fine for drawers and door panels (we use 1/2" panels in our boat doors for example, set inside 3/4" frames). If you lay a piece of 1/2" Starboard over a solid substrate such as marine plywood, it'll also serve well as a rough-and-ready fish-cleaning station. And using Starboard AS (Anti-Skid), this is fine for fully supported step and stair pads. |
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This is what we use for the tops of our own fish-cleaning tables (supported underneath with a couple lengths of hefty aluminum "U" channel). And it also goes into the frames of our stock and custom-design boat doors. This thickness is also peace-of-mind dandy as backing blocks for lifeline stanchions and other fairly high-load deck hardware. So long as it's supported by solid frame members around 12" - 14" apart, 3/4" Starboard can handle a fairly heavy load with no problem -- including swim-platform applications. |
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This is heavy stuff, right at 5 lbs per square foot. If you have a big, wide-beamed, heavy-displacement power boat that can support the weight, 1" Starboard and Starboard AS will make for a fine swim platform (again, properly supported with closely spaced frames). It also serves well as mounting pads and/or backing blocks for very heavy-load hardware such as anchor windlasses and big sheet winches. |
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Even heavier, at 7.5 lbs per square foot. We use 1.5" Starboard in fabricating our Dingy Rail Chocks, and they work fine as on-deck or on-dock supports for RIB's, jet skis weighing several hundred pounds and more. Some of our customers also use it for extra-heavy-duty mounting pads, leaning-post rocket launchers, and so forth. |
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King Starboard Secure On-Line Ordering
To order the panel size you want securely online, click on the highlighted links below.
To order directly, call call toll-free, 877-743-4090, 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
And if you have any Starboard-type questions, email us and we'll get back to you
Although we'll cut your Starboard to any non-standard finished size you want for an additional shop charge, listed below are the panel sizes you can order right off our web page with no cutting charges at all.
Same or next-business-day shipping on most items.
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By The Square Foot: 1'x1', 1'x2', 2'x2' etc. Your choice of several dimensions in square-foot increments only.
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By The Half-Sheet shipped whole (48"x54") or cut into 2 pieces (each 24"x54")
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By The Full Sheet shipped in 4 pieces (each 24"x54"), in 2 pieces (each 48"x54") or whole & un-cut
Prices as of 12/07/2007
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Size (Thickness) |
Sheet 54"x96" (36 Sq. Ft.) |
Half-Sheet 54"x48" (18 Sq. Ft.) |
Sq. Foot 12"x12" (1 Sq. Ft.) |
| 1/4" | $130.00 | $84.00 | $8.00 |
| 3/8" | $210.00 | $138.00 | $10.00 |
| 1/2" | $255.00 | $167.00 | $13.00 |
| 3/4" | $385.00 | $250.00 | $17.00 |
| 1" White | $512.00
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$333.00 | $24.00 |
Size (Thickness) |
Sheet 48"x96" (32 Sq. Ft.) |
Half-Sheet 48"x48" (16 Sq. Ft.) |
Sq. Foot 12"x12" (1 Sq. Ft.) |
| 1-1/2" White | $825.00
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$482.00 | $43.00 |
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Size (Thickness) |
Sheet 54"x96" (36 Sq. Ft.) |
Half-Sheet 54"x48" (18 Sq. Ft.) |
Sq. Foot 12"x12" (1 Sq. Ft.) |
| 1/2" White | $295.00 | $190.00 | $16.00 |
| 3/4" White | $422.00 | $275.00 | $20.00 |
| 1" White | $580.00 | $377.00 27"x96" only | N.A. |
All prices are subject to change without notice and are F.O.B. at my shop in Marathon. Florida sales tax, shipping & handling are extra. To review our shipping, refund/return, and cancellation policies, click here.
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Revised: December 07, 2007.
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