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Re: Strip: First strip idea *PIC*
By:Dan Caouette (CSCWC)
Date: 4/23/2013, 12:47 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: First strip idea (Matt Jakubek)

1/8" thick strips on the deck sounds cool – how much flex do you have with those? Did you use additional forms so the strips bend correctly (Björn recommended I shouldn't go lower than 5mm and plane/sand down afterwards instead).

They definitely flex more than 3/16" strips... I didn't measure it. I do add "beams" of 4oz and/or 9oz uni carbon tape to the interior in areas of high stress (ie just behind the cockpit). They add a lot of transverse stiffness for very little weight.

I used 1/8" (3.2mm) thick strips for the decks on both the Wahoo design and a Sea Racer with no issues. They started more like 5/32" (4mm). With sanding they ended up close to 1/8". The Wahoo's forms are spaced at 12" and the SR were at the stock 31cm (12.2"). Due to the thinness, the strips need a very close fit and must be fair on the forms. There's not a lot of margin at sanding time.

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Strip: First strip idea *PIC*
Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:57 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 12:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:23 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 1:14 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 1:32 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:17 pm
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Robert l -- 4/23/2013, 10:25 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:06 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:43 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 1:16 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:35 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 11:25 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:22 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:27 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:29 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:40 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:19 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 10:24 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/28/2013, 1:16 am
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Justin -- 4/30/2013, 3:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:17 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 12:24 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 12:47 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:22 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 12:49 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 4/23/2013, 1:07 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/23/2013, 2:33 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:25 am
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 4/22/2013, 2:11 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 2:35 pm
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Paul Davies -- 4/22/2013, 2:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 4/22/2013, 4:21 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 4:38 pm
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Robert l -- 4/22/2013, 3:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/22/2013, 10:58 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/22/2013, 11:09 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 4/23/2013, 8:14 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 11:52 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/23/2013, 11:54 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/23/2013, 12:11 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:29 am
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Bill Hamm -- 4/24/2013, 1:38 am
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Matt Jakubek -- 4/24/2013, 9:08 am
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 12:05 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 4/24/2013, 1:26 pm
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Robert Horstmann -- 4/24/2013, 1:36 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 5/27/2013, 11:47 am