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Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
By:Randy Knauff
Date: 6/15/1999, 1:06 pm

> One other consideration you might want to note. If you follow the older
> threads in this bulletin board you will see a lot of discussions about
> cracks forming decks of CLC boats. There is also a lot of discussion about
> how to avoid this. I have not built a CLC but I suspect that it is because
> builders compromising the thickness of the deck material in favor of
> bending the camber easily.

> I am building a Pygmy Osprey and have a Coho waiting. The one comment I
> can make is the desks on these boats are very strong. Further you can add
> more strength of you wish by more aggressive use of fiber glass and epoxy,
> or deck plates to the underside of the deck. This is not as easy to do on
> a CLC cambered deck.

> Hope this helps

I built a chesapeake 18 and added four ounce glass to my deck easily. No edges, smooth curve, I wrapped it one inch over the hull to give added strength to the hull-deck connection. I also laminated extra deck beams and put them under the deck so I can add an outrigger for sailing at a later date. That was easy too because it was a smooth arc not a jointed angle to figure out.

Randy

Messages In This Thread

Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
Jan Gunnar Moe -- 6/11/1999, 1:50 pm
Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
Bobby Curtis -- 6/17/1999, 11:10 am
Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
Dean Trexel -- 6/11/1999, 11:25 pm
Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
Don Lueder -- 6/14/1999, 11:44 pm
Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
lee -- 6/16/1999, 11:28 am
Re: Deck Strength--CLC vs. Pygmy
Shawn Baker -- 6/15/1999, 3:18 pm
Re: Arctic Tern vs CLC Chesapeak vs North Bay XL
Randy Knauff -- 6/15/1999, 1:06 pm