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Re: Reducing beam

Posted By: darren
Date: Thursday, 7 October 1999, at 11:33 p.m.

In Response To: Reducing beam (David Blodgett)

> I recently finished a chesapeake yare. I have expierienced difficulty
> getting into the boat. if I were to remove the deck and the deck beams and
> make the deck beams a little sshorter say bring them down to 22 from 24
> inches. and change the camber on them. would it change the boat
> tremendously? could I easily get more room under the deck? right now I
> have like 9 inches max. like 5 where my size 12 feet are.

> Also what can I do to make my feet and legs stop falling asleep? they
> start falling asllep almost emediatly after I get in. thanks alot dave

Probably too late to help, but I'm in the process of building a yare now.In Chris' book he mentions that the deck can easily be altered by decreasing the radii of the deck beams.The plans in the book call for a 25" radius.Perhaps somewhere in the neighborhood of 22" could buy you sufficent room without undue design changes to the hull.Reducing the beam by any significant amount on a boat with an already round cross section will in all likelihood result in a very "twitchy" craft.

Messages In This Thread

Reducing beam
David Blodgett -- Saturday, 11 September 1999, at 4:59 p.m.

Re: Reducing beam
lee -- Sunday, 12 September 1999, at 8:30 a.m.

Re: Reducing beam
Ross Leidy -- Sunday, 12 September 1999, at 4:55 p.m.

Re: Reducing beam
Mike Allen -- Monday, 13 September 1999, at 6:18 p.m.

Re: Reducing beam
darren -- Thursday, 7 October 1999, at 11:33 p.m.

Re: Reducing beam and avoiding leg numbness
Steve McDonald -- Saturday, 9 October 1999, at 1:04 a.m.

Re: heel support
lee -- Sunday, 10 October 1999, at 12:42 a.m.

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