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Re: Strip: Cockpit coaming/hip braces
By:Triad
Date: 11/12/2014, 8:25 am
In Response To: Re: Strip: Cockpit coaming/hip braces (howard)

I'm building a 14' Great Auk and the cockpit is wider than I need but i haven't seen the hip braces done like that anywhere here. I also wonder if it wouldn't be better to extend those strips right down to the hull and glass them onto the hull as well. The hip braces I've seen done are usually freestanding off the underside of the deck with generous fillets at the base. Wouldn't it better to attach them at 2 points, especially if a back band is attached to these as well?

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Strip: Cockpit coaming/hip braces
Triad -- 11/11/2014, 9:52 pm
Re: Strip: Cockpit coaming/hip braces
howard -- 11/11/2014, 10:42 pm
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Triad -- 11/12/2014, 8:25 am
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Jay Babina -- 11/12/2014, 12:27 pm
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Jay Babina -- 11/12/2014, 3:13 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 11/12/2014, 7:02 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/12/2014, 12:24 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/12/2014, 12:50 pm
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howard -- 11/12/2014, 7:33 pm
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Allan -- 11/12/2014, 3:55 pm
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scottbaxter -- 11/12/2014, 8:01 pm
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DWIGHT E LYNN -- 11/12/2014, 8:32 pm
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Allan -- 11/12/2014, 9:36 pm
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Justin -- 11/13/2014, 5:09 am
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Triad -- 11/13/2014, 8:42 am
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Triad -- 11/13/2014, 9:04 am
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Justin -- 11/13/2014, 9:15 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 11/13/2014, 11:10 am