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Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
By:Ben Staley
Date: 3/29/2001, 10:31 am
In Response To: Deck and Hull joining problem (Stan Snapp)

: Greetings,
: I set my glassed Georgian Bay out on the lawn today and then set the glassed
: deck on so I could take some cockpit orientation measurements. Too my
: surprise the deck is a full inch short. I built solid stem and stern and
: the deck doesn't reach to either.

Hey Stan,
My deck was 1/2" short, I just split the difference between the bow and stern and started taping the halves together. It seemed to stretch a little and I ended up with about an 1/8" gap to fill between the deck and end piece at both bow and stern.
No one even notices it until I point it out.....I've got to get out of the habit of pointing out all of my mistakes. They seem so obvious to me.

No fair catching up so fast. :)

Messages In This Thread

Deck and Hull joining problem
Stan Snapp -- 3/29/2001, 1:37 am
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
David Hanson -- 3/30/2001, 8:17 am
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
Rob Macks -- 3/29/2001, 11:29 am
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
Stan Snapp -- 3/29/2001, 12:02 pm
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
Ben Staley -- 3/29/2001, 10:31 am
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
Rob Macks -- 3/29/2001, 8:47 am
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/29/2001, 6:20 am
Re Flames
Elliott -- 3/29/2001, 8:38 am
Re: Re Flames
Kent LeBoutillier -- 3/29/2001, 11:38 am
Re: Re Flames
Scott Henshaw -- 3/29/2001, 12:54 pm
Re: Deck and Hull joining problem *Pic*
John Monfoe -- 3/29/2001, 6:01 am