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Strip: hull shape advice
By:Sean
Date: 8/12/2013, 7:51 am

Folks could I ask for your collective wisdom on I problem I have? I have glassed the inside of the hull and deck of my Night Heron and have realised that the deck will not fit snugly to the hull. There is about a 10 cm/4" overhang of the hull. The hull seems to have curved inwards when I glassed it. I'm able to spread the hull a fair bit and have considered building an internal frame to the glass the deck and hull together but am a bit worried about the amount of pressure being placed on the hull.
Should I just sand it back and start again? Would applying heat allow some reshaping? Or should I continue down the path of internally framing to widen the hull (hopefully not epoxying the frame to the inside)?
Any advice appreciated.
Sean

Messages In This Thread

Strip: hull shape advice
Sean -- 8/12/2013, 7:51 am
Re: Strip: hull shape advice
Justin -- 8/12/2013, 9:23 am
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C Plunkett -- 8/12/2013, 9:48 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 8/12/2013, 5:56 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 8/13/2013, 12:30 am
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Sean -- 8/13/2013, 6:19 am
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David Bartnowski -- 8/13/2013, 7:42 am