Shawn wrote - >I don't think that one technique is much sturdier than the other. A lot >of stitch and glue boats are only fiberglassed on the outside, Some aren't glassed at all except on the seams. >Stitch and glue boats would be a lot tougher to modify. You buy plans >with the beam, rocker, and panel widths already set, and modifying any >one characteristic without changing another is dicey at best. Yes and no. Pare bits off and stitch it up. If things don't meet, holes can be filled with scraps of ply or cloth and epoxy. >Strip boats, on the other hand, lend themselves readily to >modification. For example, I added a foot of length to my boat by >spacing the forms on 12.75" centers rather than 12" centers. Same with S&T. Once the bottom panels have been cut and stitched, the sides don't have to be cut accurately, offer up a side which is bigger than needed and mark where it meets the bottom, cut to the marks and stitch. > I added an inch to the deck >height in the cockpit area to accommodate my long legs and big feet. Decks are the easiest to modify. Fit laminated deck beams with the required curvature and cut the tops of the bulkheads to the same curve. Alex . . Alex (Sandy) Ferguson Chemistry Department University of Canterbury New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 19 2000 - 21:26:02 PST
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