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Butt joints and removing stiching
By:t madill
Date: 2/6/2000, 8:16 pm

I'm building a CLC17 and used taped butt joints (I joined a 15" section of plywod into the cockpit area of the hull with two butt joints)instead of scarfed joints which, after some practice on scraps,I couldn't get to look any better than the butt joints on my pygmy osprey. I sanded an angle on the edges to be joined so that on the inside of the hull there is a slight gap, that I filled with thickened epoxy before laying on the 3" tape for the joint and on the outside of the hull the sharp edges of the wood make an allmost invisible seam. I also glued the seams using a syringe filled with epoxy and then pulled the stiching wires before filleting and taping the interior seams. I'm wondering if anyone else out there has done this on a "seasoned" boat and if they have noticed any problems. The butt joints sure seem a lot more accurate and easy to do. The plans supplied by CLC specify that the bulkheads should be placed loosely so they don't distort the hull but I ended up with my hull very slightly concave between chine and sheer, a little more on one side than the other, and wonder if on my next attempt here, if the bulkheads shouldn't be used to force the hull into the shape I desire prior to filleting, gluing etc.One more question while I'm at it; is there any reason "not" to fibreglass the deck on these boats? Thanks in advance to anyone who has some ideas on this

Messages In This Thread

Butt joints and removing stiching
t madill -- 2/6/2000, 8:16 pm
Re: deck glass
lee -- 2/6/2000, 10:13 pm
Re: deck glass
t madill -- 2/7/2000, 11:13 pm
Re: deck glass
lee -- 2/8/2000, 12:13 am