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Sorry about the slow response....
By:Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks
Date: 7/30/2001, 10:27 am
In Response To: Nick, sorry to bother you but..... (scott e. davis)

It sounds like you have the shape right. The amount of twist looks intimidating, but the strips should be able to handle it. Try clamping a strip in place to see if it can make the twist. If you think it will be too hard, use a narrower strip and try again.

: I have turned the boat over and have looked at starting the deck. I am
: daunted by the turn from vertical stripping midship to horizontal
: stripping at the ends. I elected to use the rounded version of the G.A.
: and it looks like both sets of end forms are designed for a flat deck and
: the rounded midship area will require that I attach a strip vertically.
: Why didn't we start the first shear strip higher on the midship curve?
: Have I screwed up? Do I put a tapered partial strip along midship to get
: me into the more horizontal part of the midship forms? Desperate in
: Wisconsin. Thanks for anyones advice!

Messages In This Thread

Nick, sorry to bother you but.....
scott e. davis -- 7/25/2001, 1:45 pm
Sorry about the slow response....
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 7/30/2001, 10:27 am
Re: Sorry about the slow response....
Scott E. Davis -- 7/30/2001, 1:13 pm
Re: Nick, sorry to bother you but.....
Ronnie -- 7/27/2001, 2:23 pm
Re: Nick, sorry to bother you but.....
Scott E. Davis -- 7/30/2001, 1:17 pm