Ralph, as always, struck again. The sponson thing is something I'll have to try, although the shifting problem has settled down over time. At most, it shifts less than an inch off-center of the keel strips, instead of at the edge (or off) as it seemed to do earlier. Also, I notice that cartopping doesn't exactly help in keeping everything aligned. Bob - is your boat new? The shifting seemed to be less of a problem towards the end of the first season. It was a wicked problem the first several times I assembled it, though. Here's a question of my own - any great tricks for re-aligning one of the spring buttons? Fortunately, it's just one of the five buttons holding the crossrib in place, but still. I'm starting to think about some way of looping dental floss around it, but.... -----Original Message----- From: Robert Woodard <woodardr_at_tidalwave.net> To: Paddlewise <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net> Date: Sunday, February 25, 2001 13:41 Subject: [Paddlewise] K1 assembly >Hi, > >Does anyone have any tips on getting the frame centered inside the hull of a >Feathercraft K1 during assembly? I end up spending a good deal of time >fidgeting with trying to get the keel bar and deck bar centered on the >fabric, only to have it nowhere close when I do the final spreading of the >bars in the cockpit. This results in having to loosen the bars again and >fidget for another 10-15+ minutes trying to get it centered again. > >The entire boat goes together effortlessly except for this one issue, which >I'm spending a good 20+ minutes on in construction time. Any tips/tricks >from the expert folder community is most appreciated! > >TIA, > >Woody > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed >here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire >responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. >Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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