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Glass inside or not
By:Shawn Baker
Date: 2/26/1999, 1:23 pm
In Response To: Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17 (Don Beale)

Do you suppose 2 oz. glass would be better than nothing?

It would add a bit of tensile strength, and with your 22" deckbeam spacing, you don't need to have it provide a lot of structural strength.

If you sand back down almost to the wood, you probably wouldn't add all that much weight - you certainly wouldn't need to fill the weave under the deck.

Shawn

> I wondered about that after I read the other thread. I'll put some
> reinforcement between the cockpits, and behind the aft cockpit. The
> distance between deckbeams is 22". I am really not sure. The 4oz
> glass does not have that much strength, but this deck as is is a lot
> stiffer than plywood. Stiffness and strength are two different things
> though. Adding a layer inside will add quite a bit of weight up where I
> dont want it. Perhaps I should grind the inside back down to wood, and put
> a layer of glass on it.

Messages In This Thread

stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Dan Gunn -- 2/25/1999, 2:43 pm
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Jason Steeves -- 2/25/1999, 9:24 pm
Cost of stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Shawn Baker -- 2/26/1999, 2:02 pm
Re: Cost of stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Jason Steeves -- 2/27/1999, 1:36 am
Re: Cost of stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Shawn Baker -- 2/27/1999, 2:27 pm
Re: Cost of stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Jason Steeves -- 2/28/1999, 12:50 am
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
K. Morton -- 2/25/1999, 7:37 pm
Beautiful deck!
Shawn Baker -- 2/26/1999, 2:05 pm
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
Tom Jablonski -- 2/25/1999, 5:48 pm
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
Mike Scarborough -- 2/28/1999, 9:27 pm
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
J . P. Scheib -- 3/4/1999, 4:09 am
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
Shawn Baker -- 2/26/1999, 1:33 pm
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
Stan Heeres -- 2/26/1999, 9:57 pm
Chesapeake vs. Cape Charles
Shawn Baker -- 2/27/1999, 2:06 pm
Re: stripped decks on Stich Glue Hull, Forms Dimen
Don Beale -- 2/26/1999, 12:16 am
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Don Beale -- 2/25/1999, 5:45 pm
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Larry C. -- 2/25/1999, 7:15 pm
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Don Beale -- 2/26/1999, 12:04 am
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Larry C. -- 2/26/1999, 6:08 pm
Re: stripped decks on Chesapeake 17
Don Beale -- 2/27/1999, 12:14 am
Glass inside or not
Shawn Baker -- 2/26/1999, 1:23 pm